Wordy Wednesday: 4th of JULY

I want to take a brief look at the 4th of July.

The Fourth of July is the United States’ Independence Day. This is when the original thirteen colonies declared their independence from England in 1776.

Basically, the thirteen colonies were tired of taxation without representation. They paid taxes but had no say in anything of how the way things were run in the colonies. Fed up, they formed their own government and regarded themselves as a new nation, The United Sates of America. The continental congress wrote up the Declaration of Independence.

But it didn’t end there. Though the colonies declared independence, the fight to secure that right lasted another seven years, until 1783.

So each year, Americans celebrate independence by shooting off fireworks, going on picnic, and having parades.

Though I enjoy watching fireworks that others set off, I’m not all that interested in buying and lighting them myself. But I do love playing with sparklers. They are a lot of fun to wave around in the air. I also don’t generally go to the parades or on picnics on that day. You might think me unpatriotic, but not so. I’m very patriotic. I just don’t like crowds. I would rather save room on the side of the streets for people who really enjoy that atmosphere. Then we’re all happy. =0)

We can all celebrate this freedom in our own way.

Have a safe and happy 4th of July!

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THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT ~ A sweet historical romance that will tug at your heart. This is book 1 in the Quilting Circle series.
Washington State, 1893
     When Lily Lexington Bremmer arrives in Kamola with her young son, she’s reluctant to join the social center of her new community, the quilting circle, but the friendly ladies pull her in. She begins piecing a sunshine and shadows quilt because it mirrors her life. She has a secret that lurks in the shadows and hopes it doesn’t come out into the light. Dark places in her past are best forgotten, but her new life is full of sunshine. Will her secrets cast shadows on her bright future?
     Widower Edric Hammond and his father are doing their best to raise his two young daughters. He meets Lily and her son when they arrive in town and helps her find a job and a place to live. Lily resists Edric’s charms at first but finds herself falling in love with this kind, gentle man and his two darling daughters. Lily has stolen his heart with her first warm smile, but he’s cautious about bringing another woman into his girls’ lives due to the harshness of their own mother.
     Can Edric forgive Lily her past to take hold of a promising chance at love?
THE WIDOW'S PLIGHT is now available in ebook and paperback.

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MARY DAVIS is a bestselling, award-winning novelist of over two dozen titles in both historical and contemporary themes. She has five titles releasing in 2018; "Holly & Ivy" in A Bouquet of Brides Collection in January, Courting Her Amish Heart in March, The Widow’s Plight in July, Courting Her Secret Heart September, & “Zola’s Cross-Country Adventure” in MISSAdventure Brides Collection in December. She is a member of ACFW and active in critique groups.

Mary lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband of over thirty-three years and two cats. She has three adult children and one incredibly adorable grandchild. Find her online at:

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