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The Quiet Fourth of July

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Our columnist loves Independence Day but this year he won’t be holding his usual punch party. Find out what he’ll be doing instead.

Every year my wife Karen (her real name, and no, she’s not at all like that and has never asked to see the manager, or even the assistant manager) and I host what we call our “Round Up the Survivors” Fourth of July barbecue. 

Most New Yorkers of our demographic—middle aged,...

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