Two Hundred and Thrity-One

Happy 231 birthday America.

Compared to other counties around the world, America is the toddler. Japan had a founding date of 660 BCE and, while there is debate, in 871 Alfred the Great named himself the first king of England. Even Kenya beats us by a couple hundred years with an official colonization date of 1505. And aren't we a trouble maker. Born of civil war we immediately decided parent didn't know best and decided a quest for juvenile freedom was better. Break away we did and we learn the price of freedom was actually very expensive so we decide that perhaps and alliance with parent country isn't a bad idea. Now we are again exploring our individuality and breaking away from our friends.

We are going to discuss pictures now because that will help illustrate my point. Again these were taken with digital technology beyond that of anybody. It is so ahead that it was personally developed by myself. Picture number one is our flag with one dot representing the country before it was state-ified. Following that is the thriteen colony flag and then the current American flag. Please ignore the stripe count because I only want to focus on the stars or in this case the dots.

Okay, flag one has one dot because before the exploration of America started it was one country with no division. Then we split into thirteen and then into fifty. While we all still answer to one government I'm afraid that the division has had an interesting effect on the human psyche. When asked where you are from Americas don't respond America or the United States they respond Ohio or Florida or etc, like each state is its own country. I am guilty.

Can we get back flag number one?

Last picture is of the firework I saw. Color breakdown: green is a symbol of envy and purple of royalty. They do make the sky very pretty though. I like the ones that look like weeping willows myself.