July Fourth, 2007...A group of my friends from various walks of life gathered on my roof top to celebrate Independence day. Our eyes were fixed on the exploding sky as someone began to quietly hum the national anthem...the humming was picked up and before long the entire roof was belting out with pride and enthusiasm. Hands were placed over hearts, hats were removed from heads, the moment was nothing short of intoxicating. The group that was gather on the roof that night was what really made this memory unique...a fair amount of the attend were not even United States citizens, so hearing them sing with all their heart in broken English was quite frankly a wonderful sound to take in. Outside of the international attendees, some of the Americans present were just as diversified...some were patriotic conservative church goers, some were borderline anarchist, while others were politically indifferent...but regardless of standpoints and beliefs we all stood together that night and celebrated the country we live in and the fact that despite all of our differences, we were standing with each other in friendship and oddly enough in song...those friendships have changed a bit over the last two years, being that all of the relationships had begun in a college town it was to be expected...but that night still sticks out in my mind as something beautiful that could not be replicated, for it was naturally wonderful.
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