is July the 4rth (the US holiday of independance) a bigger deal than Canada Day  

Well, we have lots of parades, fireworks, and lots of food. I'm not sure if our holiday is bigger though. We just do more as far as parades maybe.

I have notice that to cher913.
It might be the fact that we are the melting pot country.
Or it maybe that the states have just always made a bigger deal about it and made their people more aware of what it is about and why it is celebrated and what the importance of it is.
But I personally love CANADA DAY!!!
I will be having the fireworks ready to go here! on the July 1 st! :D

That is weird that you say that. I always hear America called the great melting pot.

I think that the USA is a large melting pot too. We have so many cultures from everywhere in the world. It is just a new country I suppose. Not too old, and love to celebrate our independance with a bang.

What do you mean by melting pot? I live in Canada and we do celebrate here in Winnipeg. I go to the Forks, a park owned by the government, and they have all kinds of things going on. My favourite thing of course is the fireworks. My second most favourite thing is watching the kids participate in skate boarding. Most of them are so good. I would of never let my kids do this, though. It looks so dangerous. I've never seen anyone get hurt, thank god.

We, my hubby and I, also walk around the river, there is a pathway that is 5 miles long. I hpe the weather forecast is right because it's supposed to be a wonderful sunny day, but not too hot, around 25 degrees C. We also go into the buildings where they have all kinds of shops and booths set up. It is very intersting to see the craft tables. People can be so creative.

So, in answer to your question, no I don't think the US celebrates more than us in Canada. If you look around in the newspaper you will find all kinds of events going on in your city. Good luck and enjoy yourself.

I live right outside Philadelphia where it alll started so Independence Day is huge here. (Never could figure why so many go to the beach on the Fourth of July) We can actually spend part of Independence Day in front of the Declaration of Independence or touring the little house where Betsy Ross made the first American flag or praying in the little Catholic church where Washington and his men worshipped after they won the war. (A Catholic church was deliberately chosen because our city was once the only English speaking city in the world where a Catholic could freely worship without fear of arrest.) We can even picnic in Valley Forge park where von Steuben trained Washington's army and there's a hill within walking distance of my home called "Rebel Hill" that was where the colonists took their first stand and won their first battle.

They say ghost stories abound where history turned and the Philadelphia area is considered the most haunted area in the USA. Independence Day is a great time to reflect on the hauntings of George Mead and Mad Anthony Wayne and other patriots.....Sorry, it's hard not to get patriotic when you live where it all began.