Bitter Sweet 4th of July...

While I am so grateful I live in the USA...how sad it is that so many indigenous peoples have lost so much, just for our present gain! The loss of culture, language, and the arts of many native lands of this America! It is shameful and disparaging to think of the atrocities that happened in our past and even up to this modern age, but alas I guess the one great hope is that it is better than other countries...at least that is my rationalization that gets me through! I just wish everyone a safe 4th of July!!!!