Many people die at 25 and aren't buried until they are 75. - Ben Franklin To help you fully embrace your life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness this

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Many people die at 25 and aren't buried until they are 75. - Ben Franklin

To help you fully embrace your life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness this Independence Day, we're kicking off the long weekend a day early with Free Shipping site-wide and our ramblin', meanderin' Guide to the 4th.

GEAR BORN IN THE U.S.A.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Independence Day was supposed to be celebrated on July 2nd. The legal separation of the 13 Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, leading John Adams to write, "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America."

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Speaking of John Adams ... both he and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as Presidents, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration.

JULY 4TH IN HISTORY

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1802 - Duty, honor, country. The U.S. Military Academy opens in Westpoint, NY.

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1845 - Henry David Thoreau moves to a cabin on Walden Pond, which inspires his book, Walden.

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1939 - Lou Gehrig tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he's, "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from baseball.

JULY 4TH MOVIES

Stallone

OVER THE TOP: Stallone plays a truck driver who has to arm wrestle his way to get his kid back. Please watch this.

 
PointBreak

POINT BREAK: Keanu. Swayze. Busey. Other guys snort for it, jab a vein for it -- all you gotta do is... watch.

TheSandlot

THE SANDLOT: "Heroes get remembered but legends never die." This movie is a legend.

 
BloodSport

BLOOD SPORT: Please ignore Rotten Tomatoes' 33% critic rating.

PATRIOTIC LADIES OF INSTAGRAM

(Yes, we enjoyed the research.)

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EMILY RATJKOWSKI

 
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BROOKLYN DECKER

 
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ASHLEY SKY

JULY 4TH BEVERAGES

Here are the drinks you used to drink on July 4th...

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SURGE

 
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SQUEEZIT

 
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CRYSTAL PEPSI

Here are the drinks you should be drinking on July 4th...

Liberty Ale

LIBERTY ALE BY ANCHOR BREWING

 
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ELIOT NESS BY GREAK LAKES BREWING

 
Sam Adams

PORCH ROCKER BY SAMUEL ADAMS

JULY 4TH TUNES

Ruffians

NEW: NEEDLE BY BORN RUFFIANS: Fleet Foxes meet Vampire Weekend = your next summer song.

 
The Boss

OLD: BORN IN THE U.S.A. BY THE BOSS: The quintessential July 4th tune from the hardest working guy in the music biz.

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ON THE JOURNAL

HemloftTreehouse

HEMLOFT TREEHOUSE: An idyllic retreat in the Whistler woods that was built in secret on “borrowed” land.

 
IconStyleBorgMcEnroe

ICONIC STYLE - BORG AND MCENROE: Tennis’s best rivalry. Tennis’s best match. We revisit the 1980 Wimbledon Men’s Final.

MenandMachines

MEN AND MACHINES: Five famous authors. Five typewriters. We look at what the machine says about the man.

 
PortableBeachHouse

PORTABLE BEACH HOUSE: A coastal New Zealand home moves with the shifting sands of coastal erosion.

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JULY 4TH DIVERSIONS

PhotographingFireworks

PHOTOGRAPHING FIREWORKS: Cool photos and some great tips for shooting, er, photographing fireworks. / National Geographic

 
SalemBonfires

CREEPIEST JULY 4TH CELEBRATION: The town of Salem, Mass. used to hold huge bonfires on Gallows Hill, the site of a Witch Trial execution. / Streets of Salem

 
TSAInstagram

TSA INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT: The TSA just started an Instagram account to share all of their favorite confiscated items. / Instagram

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