@slatestarcodex Or do you think they *waited* until summer to foster a kick-ass founding Midsummer party?
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@ckhonson If America had an important founding event in November, it would have taken on harvest festival characteristics...oh, wait...
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@slatestarcodex I'd probably go for Easter ← Pesach = sublimated celebration of spring.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@slatestarcodex Hmm. So they picked Midsummer to celebrate, or would we have fireworks if the declaration was signed in November?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@Kalyr@slatestarcodex St John’s feast day is the traditional Christian sublimation of midsummer.
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@slatestarcodex And Thanksgiving is sublimated, er wait...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@slatestarcodex That's silly, there's no state religion! I'll hold your beer while you pray for forgiveness in the direction of Mt Rushmore.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@slatestarcodex Problem: July 4 invented too late to have any continuity with pagan midsummer. (Unlike Christmas/Easter.)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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