Testimonies: Unforgettable Independence Day celebrations 28 Articles

by Michael Mccormick

In the Grand Finalle of my mind, there are six Independence days that stand out in my memory as unforgettable. *1968* This Independence day, I was only six years old. So the memory isn't as vivid as the more recent pa...read more

by Ted Sherman

My most unforgettable 4th of July celebration happened 63 yrs ago, when I was a 19-year-old crewman aboard a Navy attack transport. Our ship had been sent to the Subic Bay Navy base on the coast of Luzon in the Philippines...read more

by Sally O'Quinn

Sometimes we have to be taken out of our usual "element" to appreciate the things we take for granted, as a special Fourth of July celebration in 1986 taught me. My husband and I were still considered newlyweds in the ...read more

by Renda Ashley

He was leaving. For the first time my 9 year old son was going away for summer Boy Scout camp. I home schooled my kids and had always been home with them so this was a really big deal-You should've heard the crying and wh...read more

by Shawna Blake

With the thunder of fireworks filling your ears, while a soft summer breeze blows through your hair, the fourth of July is a always unforgettable. Having 31 of these celebrations already under my belt, selecting the one th...read more

by Eileen Thai

One of our most memorable fourth of July celebration is of the time when a bunch of us boaters (seven gas-guzzling powerboats. This, of course was back in 1999, when fuel prices were quite normal) decided to cruise to Newp...read more

by Emma Riley Sutton

On July 4, 1976, I was in New York City celebrating America's bicentennial. My parents wanted to make sure I never forgot where I was and what I was doing when the country that gives me my freedom turned 200 years old. T...read more

by Kimberly Bunch

My friend was dying of terminal cancer and she was going to move away to Los Angles to live out her last days with her parents. She had always loved the country since she was a young girl and would take trips to the North ...read more

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by Angela Pollock

The most unforgettable Independence Day celebration for us and for many other families is one that hasn't even happened yet. This Fourth of July, 2008, has been planned and well thought out by my husband and me for many m...read more

by Siobhan Fletcher Witt

The most unforgettable Fourth of July for me was just a few years ago. It was my daughter's first Fourth of July. We were in Los Angeles at the time, visiting some friends. We all had so much fun. We spent most of th...read more

by Erin Knight

I know the subject here is unforgettable Independence Day celebrations, but as a Canadian I have no experience with this. I do however have an unforgettable Canada Day that I would like to share. As we are focusing on July...read more

by Jennifer Piper

As a child we would always take a family trip to Missouri every summer to visit my grandparents. We would stop at this roadside stand to buy fireworks to take to the farm. Every year we would have a small celebration of b...read more

by Guil Lermo

A Most Memorable Independence Day Boy, oh boy... When those tall ships sailed up the lower Hudson River for our nation's 200th anniversary! Back in '76, the United States of America fervently celebrated two hundred y...read more

by Karen Yvonne

My most unforgettable Fourth of July memory is also my most regrettable. The rest blend together in an inseparable mix of fireworks, picnics and parades. I always knew the real meaning of the day; but, like so many peopl...read more

by Laura Caldwell

My most memorable 4th of July was spent not on American soil or any "soil" for that matter, but rather in the middle of the South Pacific thousands of miles from home. I was a cook aboard a missionary ship on its way from...read more

by Dawn Hawkins

The Fourth of July has always been a very big celebration throughout my families history. I have been to more fireworks shows than I can even remember. I have travelled some on the Fourth of July to places that know how to...read more

by Mary Bubbins

It was July 4, 1997. My grandfather was dying of prostate and stomach cancer. Upon receiving his diagnosis, he had been given six months to live, but within only two weeks, the cancer had stolen nearly every bit of life ou...read more

by Trent Lorcher

The contractions began on July 2. "A few short hours," I said, " and we'll be holding our son." My wife glared. I continued to talk. She threw a shoe. I stopped talking. A night and a day crawled by. July 4th ...read more

by Loretta

Being Forty has it advantages such as witnessing the celebration of the Bicentennial which marked the 200th year anniversary upon July 4th, 1976. The red, white and blue ribbons, bows, pinwheels and balloons were great in...read more

by Sicily

My family used to spend the 4th of July surrounded by lots of friends and family. We did the whole traditional cook out, and spent the nights lying under a cloud filled with eye pleasing fireworks. In May of 2003 my br...read more