July dribbles - 10

We burn our English fireworks in November; remember the guy who failed to blow up the guys who ruled over us; cold taste of ashes on bonfire night.
We burn American fireworks in July, while summer skies pour down their stars and stripes.
But who remembers defeat and freedom’s price?

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