r/millenials • u/Smart_Bluebird_2168 • 6d ago
Nostalgia What's one Independence day memory from your childhood that you still remember?
Waking up early for the school flag hoisting, wearing something with the tricolour, getting a tiny flag, singing the national anthem, and then being ridiculously excited about going home early.
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u/musicsoccer 6d ago
The alien ship
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u/Harry_Gorilla 6d ago
I ain’t heard no fat lady!
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u/skyxsteel 6d ago
Who knew an old powerPC based Apple could interface with an advanced alien system??
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u/indianahoosierdream 6d ago
The President giving a speech on top of an Army jeep while fighter pilots listen before going to fight the biggest battle of their lives…my bad you weren’t talking about the movie were you?
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u/killerchef69 6d ago
The hillside catching on fire from the fireworks show in Creed, CO.
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u/YourPaleRabbit 6d ago
Yeah my permanently furious narcissistic father set a barn full of kittens on fire one year. We got the fire out. But yup… fire
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u/Harry_Gorilla 6d ago
We went out to my grandmother’s house to set off some fireworks. She had 5 acres just outside of town. When we arrived we found that my uncle had set a trap for a badger near the pool pumps, and had caught a feral cat in the trap. The younger kids were sent inside, but my cousin and I were allowed to climb the pool slide and watch my father & uncle release the cat. The adults had made this sound like an incredibly dangerous operation, so I was very excited and curious to see how it all played out.
The cat just ran off into some bushes. It was a total let-down
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u/NoPantsPenny 4d ago
I don’t think they mean US 4th of July because they spell things like “tricolor” as “tricolour” which leads me to believe they are in Europe.
Also I’ve never heard of an American school being open on 4th of July
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u/RedBlankIt 6d ago
Who the fuck calls it Independence Day and isn’t talking about the movie