I sometimes wonder.

Sure, we understand that we are celebrating our Country’s declaration of Independence, which we observe on July 4th 1776, the date on the Declaration of Independence.  We even quote the Declaration periodically.

In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands, which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain Inalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.

And I certainly don’t want to demean it, for it is a crucial document in our Country’s history and development.

But while that is what Independence Day is, that is not all that it means.