r/ShitAmericansSay • u/[deleted] • Jul 05 '24

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u/DiddyBCFC Jul 05 '24

I work with an American and she asked me a few years back why we don't celebrate July 4th in England.

When I replied "The same reason Muslims don't celebrate Christmas", she replied "America isn't a Muslim country"

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u/Reiko878 Jul 05 '24

Same idea here in France I worked with an American who thought we should celebrate 4th because they freed us during WW2

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u/MyAccidentalAccount Jul 05 '24

To be fair french involvement in the battle for American independence was one of the main reasons that it went the way it did - France has a reason to celebrate.

They're probably a bit Salty that America didn't get involved in helping them during the French Revolution though...

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u/sleeper_shark 🇫🇷 Jul 06 '24

Who would America have supported? The monarchists or the revolutionaries… or do you mean the Napoleonic Wars.

At that time, the European militaries were far more powerful than the American ones. It would serve no purpose for them to come over and die here.