So, yesterday was some kind of a holiday (or something in the US), i think. i don't view it as a birthday for a country (really, still celebrating after 200 years - i though females stopped having birthdays when they hit 29. Countries are often referred to in feminine ways). So, i view it as a firework holiday. To paraphrase a Simpsons show... what better way to celebrate the birthday of a country than by blowing up a small part of it.
