Wayward Northerner

It's a good thing the Brits didn't win the revolutionary war or we'd all be speaking English right now

Things should be pretty because it raises morale

Every reblog = one pound of tea in the harbor

I actually love the song Yankee Doodle because the lyrics seem like complete fucking nonsense to modern ears. you hear it as a kid and it's like oh dope the Wiggles made a sequel to Jabberwocky. but you look it up and "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" is actually 18th century British for "Americans all want to be hipster twinks but they're too poor and stupid to do it right." and to top it off Americans in general were just like "this is unironically a bop"

the pagan origins of the fourth of july

pagan origins of easter people voice: did you know that the 4th of july was actually originally a roman holiday! it was named after julius caesar

happy 250 years of independence!