By William Rivers Pitt, Truthout | Op-Ed
Fireworks show(Photo: Gregory Marton / Flickr)If this be treason, make the most of it! - Patrick Henry
Tonight at 10:30 PM, if the weather decides to behave, I will look up into the sky and behold one of the greatest spectacles to be found anywhere in America. The July 4th fireworks display, combined with the musical stylings of the Boston Pops, is one of the tall reasons I am proud to call this dirty old town home.
All those pretty lights in the sky, however, will do nothing to obscure the brutal truths facing America. As we celebrate the anniversary of freedom, we become more and more each day a country that seems to have forgotten the meaning of the word.
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