b"table of contentsJuly 2020 from the PublisherGOD BLESS AMERICA 5Ask the Vet: Vesicular The month of July is all about celebrating Stomatitis Virus my birthday, NOT. Its about celebrating America, I think. Is it still ok to believe 7From the Back of the Box in America? July 4th is Independence Day in the United States of America and 8 The Old Storyteller: (The True Story commemorates the independence of the United States from Great Britain. Its a day of) The Battle of Picacho Pass to celebrate freedom, to display patriotism, and to reinforce the unity of the people. Nope, I will not 13The Bottom Line: express my political views here, there is a time for that and Blueprint for Retirement 8 that time happens on Tuesday, November 3rd. There has never before 15 Running the Race: been an election that I'm so excited to express my 16 How Much is Too Much? opinion at. Just give me that ballot TODAY and 16Lee Anderson: Did You Know, I will fill it out, ok Ill In the Old West. wait till its time. FOR SURE I WILL VOTE!20Bill Roberts: The Pioneers of Walnut Grove, Part 3 When the initial battles of the Revolutionary War broke out 23Crossword / Sudoku / Cowboy Comics in April 1775, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did were considered 24AZ Road Trip: Pinetop-Lakeside radical. By the middle of the following year, however, many more colonists had come to favor independence, thanks 26A Cowboy Rests in Heaven: James Jim Lee Miller to the growing hostility against 28Arizona Real Country Equine Supply Source24 Britain and the spread of 31The Arizona Duuude: The Worlds Oldest Rodeorevolutionary sentiments. and COVID-19 The tradition of Independence 32 Buddy Uldrikson: Try Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. 36Justin Legler: Fire, Devil Went Down to On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later delegates from the 13 Georgia, and Stop the Hate colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, a historic 37 News from Copper State Peruvian Paso Club document drafted by Thomas Jefferson. July 4th has been celebrated as the birth of American independence, from 1776 37DIY: American Pride until now, with festivities ranging from fireworks, parades, 38Jim & Bobbi Jeen Olson: Timed Vs. Live Auctions 40 and concerts to more casual family gatherings and barbecues. 40 A Bite of Country: Mom's Real Country Recipes Today, in the year 2020, 42 A View of the Zoo who knows how our independence will be 44Alan Rockman: What Would celebrated due to social distancing, the chances Theodore Roosevelt Do? Part 2 of fires here in Arizona, as well as other 47Classified Ads deterrents. That being said I will celebrate 37 48 Advertiser Index America. I live in the greatest country in the 50 Taking Care of Business: world, I want to keep it great and I pray for it Special Advertiser Section to be even greater. God Bless America!52July 2020 Calendar53Proud to Call 4-H Maricopa 4442 Our County Mike Barna, Publisher ArizonaRealCountryMagazine@gmail.com4 July 2020"