02-01-2010, 12:01 PM
I suppose if I were in your position sadly and vicariously trying to feel some connection with a country your family only very recently became part of and trying to celebrate a revolution that your ancestors probably knew nothing about as they ate meatballs, treaded grapes and surrendered in wars, I would consider "maxmimizing the significance of founding a nation with its own money", I get it.
We need to punish the French, ignore the Germans and forgive the Russians - Condoleezza Rice.