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Hustle Belt Morning Dump: Happy Independence Day, USA!

(I wanted to use a picture of our MACssiah Jordan Lynch in those NIU Hero jerseys, but alas, Getty Images is down.)

Happy Independence Day, ya'll! It's a truly amazing day in the United States' history, as we celebrate the 240th birthday of the nation.

No one ever thought that our forefathers would ever get this far, taking a rag-tag confederation of states and turning it into a fully-functioning country. During the Civil War, many other countries stayed away, uncertain of if the Union could survive. In the 1900's, the United States twice helped the world be saved from unspeakable evils.