Savanah and a few of her friends who came with their parents to the big celebration barbeque were having a wonderful time splashing about in the pool. The doctors had conveyed to her parents Kyle and Ashley, as well as the rest of the family, that time in the pool with the stretching and exercise was good for Savanah. With that in mind, the family had given Savanah every opportunity to get in the water during the warmer months of the year. However with the sun sinking low and becoming one with the western horizon on this hot and humid late evening, the time had come for her to change into dry clothes and watch some of the many fireworks shows.

Beyond what could be viewed on the giant holographic screen in the family room of fireworks extravaganzas in the eastern megacities of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and of course Washington D.C., Savanah was excited for what was to come. Her grandparents had promised her a good show right here on the family ranch, and they had never failed to keep a promise to her. During the dazzling shows on the screen, Savanah listened to the opinions of the adults in the room. They spoke of how each of the first three cities had played an important role in the birth of America, and therefore had earned the right to celebrate her two hundred fiftieth birthday on this July day of 2026. She also heard them speak of how Washington D.C., as the capitol city of America, had not earned that same right. Their collective thought was that many of those working within the elected government structure and multilayered entangled bureaucracy of Washington D.C. had done more to destroy the concept of America in recent times than to help improve upon the many problems that existed. Although Savanah certainly didn’t understand the finer details of all that was being discussed, or the definition of many words that had been tossed about, one thing was abundantly clear to the bright young lady. Each and every adult at the party had nothing good to say about what went on in the nation’s capital.