HOT DIGGITY DOG: JULY 4 IN AMERICA

NOT PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN? For the first time in ‘Gallup’s’ history a record low of 47 percent of people are ‘Extremely proud to be Americans’…

A rare Declaration of Independence found! A rare parchment copy of the American Declaration of Independence has been found at a British archive among the papers of an aristocrat who supported the rebels, officials have said. The manuscript was discovered at the West Sussex Record Office in the southern English city of Chichester by a team of researchers led by two Harvard University academics.

Fireworks horror: Authorities say two people have died after a tree branch fell on spectators during a fireworks display in western Illinois. The Rock Island County Sheriff’s Office says the branch fell from a large oak tree outside the county courthouse in Rock Island around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday..

The new world of patriotism includes drones, not fireworks! Towns in California, Colorado and Arizona – facing another season of drought and wildfire – are turning to drone shows as a less dangerous alternative to organized fireworks, encouraged by the development of jaw-dropping, choreographed shows such as the one Intel prepared for the Winter Olympics broadcast!

THIS FOURTH OF JULY, one tradition ends and another begins.. THE SYFY network was airing THE TWILIGHT ZONE marathon for years on the 4th (along with New Years) .. this July 4, today, they are not. Instead they switched to A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET marathon.. I am somewhat against this change. And even worse, the BEST movies are not included: FREDDY’S DEAD and A NEW NIGHTMARE, along with FREDDY VS JASON… Excluded fromt he lineup..