The 4th? Depends upon what the weather does.

Right now we are commencing a blistering heatwave, with temps in the 90s projected for the next week, up to and including the 4th.

Whatever we do, we'll be celebrating the grand ideals enshrined in the founding documents- which don't include flag waving or paying obeisance to an overweight, presidential embodiement of all of the qualities that the founders opposed.

The other day, I drove to town- 7 miles one way, then came back by a different route. In that 14 mile roundtrip, I counted 202 American flags. It reminded me of photographs of Nuremberg on the day of a Nazi torchlight parade....

There will be time enough to reclaim the flag and its original meaning. But not yet. The fascists have full sway at the moment, even though their base is beginning to crack.

"No Kings" is more in the spirit of the moment, and I daresay- the motivating principle that lay at the heart of that document to which the founders affixed their names on July 4, 1776 in Philadelphia.

Once the country is back on track- then we'll bring out the flag on Memorial Day and July 4th- observing proper flag protocols and decorum. Till then, American flags simply proclaim something that no longer exists.