Fireworks, Midsummer, and the Star Spangled Banner

One of the most iconic holidays in America is Independence Day, Fourth of July or simply The Fourth. It is a giant birthday celebration for the nation as a whole and is Summer's Greatest Holiday. The celebration is a fusion of unique American traditions and a Holiday that is conspicuously absent from America... Midsummer.

The proximity of these two holidays caused one to be favored over the other and The Fourth ended up absorbing many traditions such as bonfires, picnics, Cook Outs and many other Summertime activities from Midsummer. Though American Specific Traditions were created as well such as; reading the Declaration of Independence, American Flag symbolism, wearing costumes of Minutemen, Columbia, Uncle Sam, etc. But possibly the most iconic tradition around Independence Day are the Fireworks for the Fourth of July. While they along with the sparklers and bonfires have some origin in Midsummer Customs they actually have an even deeper meaning for The Fourth.

America's National Anthem comes from the war of 1812 written in honor of the defense of Fort Mchenry by Francis Scott Key. McHenry was bombarded from afar though by the end "Our Flag Was Still There"; that is why we set off fireworks in honor of this battle. The part no one tells you is why the flag stayed standing. Man after Man had gone up to keep the flag flying their bodies fell where they stood, over and over forming a pile. Until the corpses themselves kept the flag aloft held up by the bodies of patriots. When we set off these fireworks it's not only a call back to a battle, to our national anthem. It is in honor of those brave souls who died that day. A moment of honoring Our Heroic Forefathers, the Illustrious Dead.

May the Gods Bless The True Americans.-TLK

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1/2 THE DING, ANCIENT JUSTICE

To my great surprise, during a stay in the north of the Netherlands, I came across a 127-year-old magazine called "Eigen Haard". In it they described a "Ding", that is a meeting of the old Germanic people, in which judgments were given.

This was described as follows: Here the Drentsche shirepeople gathered to pass judgment according to their unwritten rules of law, handed down from generation to generation. Entering the pit we see the judge sitting with the staff in his hand. Above his head a shield attached to spears. Before him lies the flat sacrificial stone on which the sacrifice is made, for judgment is a sacred act, and may the gods be propitiated.