What a field day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Stephen Stills

On this real Independence Day, of all real IDs, there ought to be a thousand people in the street. In a thousand cities across America.
But there’s beer and hot dogs to consume. And BBQ. And fireworks to touch off. And talk about a ‘field day for the heat’…

Still, on this very hot, very humid, 4th of July morning, a small but hardy delegation of GNV patriots – maybe a couple hundred – gathered at Depot Circle to basically say what American patriots have been saying since the 18th century.

No kings! No kings! No kings! No kings!

Because somebody has to say it. And it needs to be said aloud on this real Independence Day of all real IDs.

They said it with love. With humor. With signs. With heart.

With a sense of alarm. And a sense of irreverence.

It was hot. And it was humid. But somebody had to say it.

And so they did. With dignity, with class and with style.

Because GNV still celebrates Independence the way they celebrated independence back in the 18th century.

By questioning authority.
