While J was back in the States hugging the red white and blue flag to replenish his American juices, a history major, a halfie, and an Asian American girl with a Communist family legacy got together to create our own July Fourth.
We didn't have a picnic because our fridges were empty, a parade because we couldn't book all the Primary kids from Church to march for us, or fireworks because the Chinese invented it. But we made a program that celebrated America from the patriotic to the obscure.
Here was our program:
Native American beginnings: Interpretive dancing to Colors of the Wind in Pocahontas. I was flinging my arms wildly to do Grandmother Willow justice.
Independence War:
Civil War: Ben recited the Gettysburg Address
{Super Fast Forward}
Isolationist Period: America Uun-Gah-Ha!
Depression: Everybody sucking on ice cubes (because we couldn't afford ice-cream in Hoovervilles)
WWII: Epic war scenes from Wolverine
JFK: Marilyn Monroe's Happy Birthday (I do a pretty good imitation . . . all except the sexy part)
Civil Rights: MLK's I Have a Dream
Pop: Thriller
21st Century polarized politics: West Wing clip
Sept. 11th: Share our memories of that fateful day and what it means to us to be Americans
Oddly enough, I felt more patriotic after our silly historical reenactment than after gnawing on corn on the corn at a July Fourth barbecue. Must have been all the Un-gah-has.
1 comment:
hahaha so funny! I'm glad you are having so much fun. You seem so free and yourself!
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