Warm and Fuzzy again

I go though a number of emotions on Independence Day.  I typically start off being very happy I'm a U.S. citizen, which almost always leads me to thinking about becoming a U.S. subject.  At some point during the day, I look at the people around me and think, we wouldn't have the fortitude to fight that battle today.  Then I remember most of the colonists in 1776 didn't either.   That makes me feel better for a little while.