What, to Americans, Is the 5th of July?

I like parades, baseball, war movies, barbecue, Sousa marches, and fireworks. So I can do the patriotism of the 4th of July.

But I’m much more interested in the patriotism of the 5th of July.

Starting today we have another chance to cultivate the patriotism of what comes next: a way of loving your country not as it was, but as it could be, if only we’d co…