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Happy Independence Day, Eswatini 🇸🇿
On 6 September, Eswatini’s history since independence has included constitutional change, the restoration of monarchical rule and continuing debates over political participation and civic freedoms.

Independence remains a useful moment to reflect on sovereignty, democratic participation, human rights and the aspirations of the people of Eswatini. 🙏🏾

#Eswatini #IndependenceDay #Africa #Democracy #HumanRights

Photo: ©️@Efyakimora

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #JurassicPark #TheMatrix #IndependenceDay The 8 Most Fun Sci-Fi Movies of the 1990s, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TVKQ2b

Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #JurassicPark #TheMatrix #IndependenceDay The 8 Most Fun Sci-Fi Movies of the 1990s, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TVKQ2b

Curved Streamers Stream out from explosion point of ascending rocket

#photo #photography #fireworks #groton #independenceday #july4 #4th #america250 #summer

Curved Streamers Stream out from explosion point of ascending rocket

#photo #photography #fireworks #groton #independenceday #july4 #4th #america250 #summer

Curved Streamers Stream out from explosion point of ascending rocket

#photo #photography #fireworks #groton #independenceday #july4 #4th #america250 #summer

Curved Streamers Stream out from explosion point of ascending rocket

#photo #photography #fireworks #groton #independenceday #july4 #4th #america250 #summer

Curved Streamers Stream out from explosion point of ascending rocket

#photo #photography #fireworks #groton #independenceday #july4 #4th #america250 #summer

Summer fireworks radiate in different directions over Groton Sky

#photo #photography #groton #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #america250

Summer fireworks radiate in different directions over Groton Sky

#photo #photography #groton #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #america250

Summer fireworks radiate in different directions over Groton Sky

#photo #photography #groton #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #america250

Summer fireworks radiate in different directions over Groton Sky

#photo #photography #groton #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #america250

Summer fireworks radiate in different directions over Groton Sky

#photo #photography #groton #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #america250

Crowd waits for fireworks by food vendors in Little York; that day I thought about a Martin Prechtel quote to the effect that "the feast the only ritual"

#photo #photography #littleyork #wideangle #4thofjuly #july4 #independenceday #festival #america250 #250th #food

Photo of family out to celebrate America's 250ᵗʰ in Groton, NY through the distinct perspective of the Laowa 9mm

#photo #photography #groupportait #groton #independenceday #july4 #250th #festival #usa #unitedstates

Photo of family out to celebrate America's 250ᵗʰ in Groton, NY through the distinct perspective of the Laowa 9mm

#photo #photography #groupportait #groton #independenceday #july4 #250th #festival #usa #unitedstates

Photo of family out to celebrate America's 250ᵗʰ in Groton, NY through the distinct perspective of the Laowa 9mm

#photo #photography #groupportait #groton #independenceday #july4 #250th #festival #usa #unitedstates

Photo of family out to celebrate America's 250ᵗʰ in Groton, NY through the distinct perspective of the Laowa 9mm

#photo #photography #groupportait #groton #independenceday #july4 #250th #festival #usa #unitedstates

Photo of family out to celebrate America's 250ᵗʰ in Groton, NY through the distinct perspective of the Laowa 9mm

#photo #photography #groupportait #groton #independenceday #july4 #250th #festival #usa #unitedstates

Fireworks at Groton drew a crowd that felt big and intimate at the same time: dig the clover in that big lawn!

#photo #photography #groton #july4 #independenceday #festival #crowd #sky #goldenhour #9mm #wideangle #laowa

Fireworks at Groton drew a crowd that felt big and intimate at the same time: dig the clover in that big lawn!

#photo #photography #groton #july4 #independenceday #festival #crowd #sky #goldenhour #9mm #wideangle #laowa

Fireworks at Groton drew a crowd that felt big and intimate at the same time: dig the clover in that big lawn!

#photo #photography #groton #july4 #independenceday #festival #crowd #sky #goldenhour #9mm #wideangle #laowa

Fireworks at Groton drew a crowd that felt big and intimate at the same time: dig the clover in that big lawn!

#photo #photography #groton #july4 #independenceday #festival #crowd #sky #goldenhour #9mm #wideangle #laowa

Fireworks at Groton drew a crowd that felt big and intimate at the same time: dig the clover in that big lawn!

#photo #photography #groton #july4 #independenceday #festival #crowd #sky #goldenhour #9mm #wideangle #laowa

Firework burst in sky over #groton on July 3; still developing wide angles from that event and more photos from Little York the next day which, whether or not you can see it my photos, was a transcendent experience that taught more about what it means to be a #pagan

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #religion #paganism #sliceoflife

Firework burst in sky over #groton on July 3; still developing wide angles from that event and more photos from Little York the next day which, whether or not you can see it my photos, was a transcendent experience that taught more about what it means to be a #pagan

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #religion #paganism #sliceoflife

Firework burst in sky over #groton on July 3; still developing wide angles from that event and more photos from Little York the next day which, whether or not you can see it my photos, was a transcendent experience that taught more about what it means to be a #pagan

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #religion #paganism #sliceoflife

Firework burst in sky over #groton on July 3; still developing wide angles from that event and more photos from Little York the next day which, whether or not you can see it my photos, was a transcendent experience that taught more about what it means to be a #pagan

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #religion #paganism #sliceoflife

Firework burst in sky over #groton on July 3; still developing wide angles from that event and more photos from Little York the next day which, whether or not you can see it my photos, was a transcendent experience that taught more about what it means to be a #pagan

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #independenceday #religion #paganism #sliceoflife

Well, even if you don't feel like celebrating this 4th of July, maybe you can enjoy Dave Alvin's 4th of July
#July4th #FourthOfJuly #IndependenceDay #4thOfJuly
#DaveAlvin
https://youtu.be/mLRAbEyvyuU

"Captain America's Bicentennial Battles," Marvel's main entry in 1976 bicentennial fever.

#FourthOfJuly #IndependenceDay #America250 #comics #Marvel #CaptainAmerica

Lovely fireworks cap July 4 celebration in Groton NY yesterday -- thanks again to the organizers and the people who showed up to make this a great time; heading out this evening to Little York Lake north of Cortland to do it again

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #groton #festival #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #250th

Lovely fireworks cap July 4 celebration in Groton NY yesterday -- thanks again to the organizers and the people who showed up to make this a great time; heading out this evening to Little York Lake north of Cortland to do it again

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #groton #festival #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #250th

Lovely fireworks cap July 4 celebration in Groton NY yesterday -- thanks again to the organizers and the people who showed up to make this a great time; heading out this evening to Little York Lake north of Cortland to do it again

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #groton #festival #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #250th

Lovely fireworks cap July 4 celebration in Groton NY yesterday -- thanks again to the organizers and the people who showed up to make this a great time; heading out this evening to Little York Lake north of Cortland to do it again

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #groton #festival #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #250th

Lovely fireworks cap July 4 celebration in Groton NY yesterday -- thanks again to the organizers and the people who showed up to make this a great time; heading out this evening to Little York Lake north of Cortland to do it again

#photo #photography #fireworks #july4 #groton #festival #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #250th

Group portrait I took just before the Golden Hour at last nights' July 4 celebration in Groton, NY

#photo #photography #groupportrait #july4 #independenceday #usa #america #unitedstates #groton #festival

Group portrait I took just before the Golden Hour at last nights' July 4 celebration in Groton, NY

#photo #photography #groupportrait #july4 #independenceday #usa #america #unitedstates #groton #festival

Group portrait I took just before the Golden Hour at last nights' July 4 celebration in Groton, NY

#photo #photography #groupportrait #july4 #independenceday #usa #america #unitedstates #groton #festival

Group portrait I took just before the Golden Hour at last nights' July 4 celebration in Groton, NY

#photo #photography #groupportrait #july4 #independenceday #usa #america #unitedstates #groton #festival

Group portrait I took just before the Golden Hour at last nights' July 4 celebration in Groton, NY

#photo #photography #groupportrait #july4 #independenceday #usa #america #unitedstates #groton #festival

Friends playing Frisbee on the big lawn by Groton Elementary School on July 3 for our nations' birthday

#photo #photography #sports #frisbee #groupportrait #friends #groton #july4 #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #america #festival

Friends playing Frisbee on the big lawn by Groton Elementary School on July 3 for our nations' birthday

#photo #photography #sports #frisbee #groupportrait #friends #groton #july4 #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #america #festival

Friends playing Frisbee on the big lawn by Groton Elementary School on July 3 for our nations' birthday

#photo #photography #sports #frisbee #groupportrait #friends #groton #july4 #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #america #festival

Friends playing Frisbee on the big lawn by Groton Elementary School on July 3 for our nations' birthday

#photo #photography #sports #frisbee #groupportrait #friends #groton #july4 #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #america #festival

Friends playing Frisbee on the big lawn by Groton Elementary School on July 3 for our nations' birthday

#photo #photography #sports #frisbee #groupportrait #friends #groton #july4 #independenceday #usa #unitedstates #america #festival

A BetTER Day

Independence has its day,
when o’er the skies fireworks display,
and dependence, too, is good,
as every tender spirit should

learn the grace of being held,
when pride is hushed, and fear is quelled.
But methinks we need another name,
a deeper word, a wider frame.

It happens after we let one IN,
past the surface, past the skin,
past the guarded gates we keep,
past the places where hurt runs deep.

In the space before DEPEND,
we see the other as vital friend,
all as branches from one tree,
as the grains of sand receive the sea.

Then add three letters, soft but true,
TER arrives and makes it new.
Not just me and not just thee,
but something born between the three.

In-TER-dependence names the art
of hand in hand and heart to heart,
while I am I, and you are you,
something sacred binds us too.

Independence stands alone,
dependence leans on flesh and bone,
but interdependence humbly sings:
we rise by sharing roots and wings.

July 4, 2015 (updated June 2026)

On July 4th, please write the 8 Prairieland #TX Defendants just sentenced to a sum 450yrs in prison. 📬‼️(All mail is monitored by law enforcement. Be extremely mindful of what you write. Do NOT discuss the facts of the case, do not incl. overtly political comments.) https://prairielanddefendants.com/write-to-the-defendants

#Texas #Prairieland #PrairielandCase #PrairielandDefendants #fascism #JudicialActivism #oppression #SuppressionOfDissent #DissentIsAmerican #DissentIsPatriotic #resist #resistance #WritingCampaign #IndependenceDay #JulyFourth #July4th #4thOfJuly #FourthOfJuly

On July 4th, please write the 8 Prairieland #TX Defendants just sentenced to a sum 450yrs in prison. 📬‼️(All mail is monitored by law enforcement. Be extremely mindful of what you write. Do NOT discuss the facts of the case, do not incl. overtly political comments.) https://prairielanddefendants.com/write-to-the-defendants

#Texas #Prairieland #PrairielandCase #PrairielandDefendants #fascism #JudicialActivism #oppression #SuppressionOfDissent #DissentIsAmerican #DissentIsPatriotic #resist #resistance #WritingCampaign #IndependenceDay #JulyFourth #July4th #4thOfJuly #FourthOfJuly

On July 4th, please write the 8 Prairieland #TX Defendants just sentenced to a sum 450yrs in prison. 📬‼️(All mail is monitored by law enforcement. Be extremely mindful of what you write. Do NOT discuss the facts of the case, do not incl. overtly political comments.) https://prairielanddefendants.com/write-to-the-defendants

#Texas #Prairieland #PrairielandCase #PrairielandDefendants #fascism #JudicialActivism #oppression #SuppressionOfDissent #DissentIsAmerican #DissentIsPatriotic #resist #resistance #WritingCampaign #IndependenceDay #JulyFourth #July4th #4thOfJuly #FourthOfJuly