Ghostbusters Con-Volution! (2010)

Still looking good at 246 years of age, it’s time to celebrate another birthday for America.

Commemorating the day with us is another by product of the U.S. of A, the Ghostbusters who attend yet another American original, a comic book convention.

Virginia’s Richard Henry Lee proposed the legal separation from England on July 2, 1776, but it wasn’t until two days later the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted.

Historians have debated as to when the Declaration of Independence was signed, though evidence does prove Benjamin Franklin and future presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams did sign on the fourth.

Coincidently enough, Adams and Jefferson were the only signatories to serve as presidents; both dying on July 4, 1826, the 50^th anniversary of the document. James Monroe, who did not sign the deceleration, but also served as president died July 4, 1831.

The 30^th president, Calvin Coolidge, has the distinction of being the only president born on the Fourth of July: July 4, 1872.

While the day has been observed with reverence over time, it was not until 1938 Congress voted it as a paid federal holiday.

For Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Ernie Hudson, the Ghostbusters; the Fourth, or at least the 2010 Fourth, meant comic books and signings.

Keith Dallas and Jim Beard, with Josh Howard, took the phantasmic four to a comic book convention to sate Ray’s inner geek. There they encounter other-worldly demon D’orka. Peter is forced to call upon the ghost of comic-book legend Frank Bancroft to defeat the convention crasher.

The 1984 movie has become a franchise and cult favorite, spawning a sequel, remake, cartoons and a wealth of merchandising. To cement the popularity and importance of the film, the Library of Congress chose the preserve the movie in the National Film Registry in 2015.

The original Ghostbusters was conceived and written by Dan Aykroyd and directed by Ivan Reitman. It starred Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis.

Ghostbusters Con-Volution! (2010)

Ghostbusters Con-Volution! (2010)