Here I am the wet blanket.
July 4th was NOT the founding of the United States.
July 4th was the secession of the States of America from Great Britain.
It was NOT about taxes. It was about local control and local authority to impose taxes.
It ushered in a War. The war ended with thirteen individual peace treaties with the 13 States.
We were NOT a united body at that time any more than we are today.
Celebrate the ability to seceede from those organizations that abuse you.