This will be a weekend consisting of red-white-and-blue adornments, local parades, backyard grills, and sparklers in the hands of children all to be topped off with the oohs and ahhs spilling from neck-craning crowds gazing skyward as colors explode over lakes and fields.
Indeed, we celebrate living in this great country. And always, we acknowledge the sacrifice made by so many that allow for this privilege.
A pause here would be proper.
