We spent our Fourth of July at the Genese Country Village and Museum 10 miles west of our home. The Porter family joined us and we had a fantastic time. We began the day with a cannon salute which Addie never did come to like very much. And we ended the day exhausted and happy. We ate lunch under a Linden tree and watched an authentic parade complete with 13 maidens, Uncle Sam on stilts and several Colonial Bands. We loved it. We also all suceeded at stilts ourselves. The finest moment of our day was to witness with a hundred other spectators a genuine naturalization ceremony. Forty-eight ladies and gentlemen from around the world denounced their own countries to become adopted into ours. My love for our nation deepend and my hope in what we stand for was increased. May God Always Bless America.