Every year people from coast to coast celebrate the U.S. Declaring its Independence from England. Fireworks, fried dough, lemonade, and beer flow freely around this great nation we call home. I asked someone the other day if they knew what this holiday was about, they responded like most everyone else does “Americas Birthday!” Shit, first thing I did when I woke up was said “Happy Birthday America!” In the skateboarding community it is also kind of a big deal, it’s the time that Keenan Milton passed away in 2001. To the average person they’d have no concept to Keenan’s contribution to the skateboarding world, what’s worse is that there are skateboarders that have no idea who Keenan Milton ever was or why people loved his skateboarding. I know I’m older and times have changed but even coming up when I did in the mid to late 90’s, I cared enough to know about why things were the way they were. So on this day every year I celebrate my Countries birthday, and I also celebrate Keenan Miltons life and what he did for skateboarding, I hope you’ll do the same.
America Forever.
Forever Keenan.
