Happy Forth of July

Being an American living overseas, I often think about the holidays, even when they aren't celebrated locally (or at least differently). A person that wasn't thinking too clearly once said "do they have the Forth of July over there?" So the smartalic answer is of course, the Forth of July is a calendar day and there is a calendar in most parts of the world! As the Forth of July is also referred to as "Independence Day", it is the American Independence Day that isn't really celebrated locally. One thing that I should point out is that the holiday is celebrated on the U.S. military installations throughout the world.

Being an American living overseas, I often think about the holidays, even when they aren't celebrated locally (or at least differently). A person that wasn't thinking too clearly once said "do they have the Forth of July over there?" So the smartalic answer is of course, the Forth of July is a calendar day and there is a calendar in most parts of the world! As the Forth of July is also referred to as "Independence Day", it is the American Independence Day that isn't really celebrated locally. One thing that I should point out is that the holiday is celebrated on the U.S. military installations throughout the world.

Here are a couple of pictures of Anna taken are our apartment in Geinsheim, notice the little flag. The other two pictures were taken recenlty at a local kinderfest. Anna had her face painted and Sarah is play a drum.

Heather sent me this link to a quiz on American history that allegedily is part of the U.S. citizenship test. It seems that most Americans don't get a passing score. Maybe you can see how you do.