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The Fourth of July

JUNE 24: The sunburst over the flag at the Pioneer Building on Revere Beach Parkway.(Photo by Jim Mahoney)

For many of us wondering about where this nation of ours is headed, the Fourth of July isn’t just a day at the beach. It is a day to worry about our democracy.

This nation is a bit befuddled as we enter the Fourth of July holiday this summer.

In many respects, it is the summer of our discontent.

We have come out of the pandemic, but we have not emerged from the split in our politics that divides the nation.

There is no simple way to bridge the divide, If there was, it would already have been done.

Instead, the folly of bad government continues in Washington.

The division of thoughts we share about who ought to be doing what to right the ship of state prevails.

Everyone is a genius with something to say in modern America. Everyone believes they have a right to be heard.

— Eye on Everett —

The Fourth of July

BY JOSH RESNEK

It is the Fourth of July coming up.

It is my favorite holiday as it comes at the end of June and the beginning of July – at the beginning of summer.

In fact, on the Fourth of July there is much more summer in front of us than behind us. In New England, where the summers are fleeting, the Fourth of July is a moment to savor. It is as if winter is very far away. In fact, it is difficult to believe on the Fourth of July that winter even exists.

It is warm. It can be humid. Sometimes it rains.

This year, we are dealing with a pandemic, the Coronavirus.

The Fourth of July will come and go this year.

The general feeling among the people of Everett and in the cities and towns across this nation is that the virus supersedes the holiday. Many others believe the holiday has been ruined by all the restrictions caused by our response to the virus.

Those of us driving around and checking things out note the yearly display of flags waving everywhere.

Family members and friends are making plans for cookouts and parties although the celebration will be subdued for health reasons.

Block parties and large parties of all kinds everywhere well not be allowed.

Frankly, large gatherings are a bad idea.

There are other reasons the Fourth of July this year will be different from all other years.

Annual Independence Day Celebration

Children watch as fireworks shoot above Glendale Park

Via the City of Everett

Mayor Carlo DeMaria and the entire city government of Everett, would like to invite everyone to the City of Everetts Annual Independence day celebration, on Saturday July 6th, from 5pm thru 9pm at Glendale park. Fireworks will immediately follow the festivities. Continue reading Annual Independence Day Celebration

Independence Day, 2019

Everett on the Fourth of July 2019 is not unlike 10,000 Everetts just like it all over the nation. There is one great exception this year over all other modern years. And that is the completion, the opening and the final launch of the Encore Boston Harbor Casino and Hotel. As great a moment in the city’s modern history the casino and the hotel are, this July Fourth holiday stands alone in dwarfing its significance.

We are a city filled with thinking people, hardworking men and women, immigrant people from all over the world, legals and illegals, old and young, rich and poor, happy and sad, women and men, gay people and heterosexuals, LGBTQ and transgenders. You name it, we have it here in Everett – and we have it all over the nation.

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