Phillip Gilfus is an actor, playwright, amateur American government scholar, combat veteran of the U.S. Army, former elected official, and lover of Star Trek. He co-hosts "Ceti Alpha 3: A Star Trek Podcast" on The Nerd Party podcast network and considers Captain Picard his surrogate father. Find him on Twitter @ncpublicservant.
It’s the Fourth of July and, while Captain Jean-Luc Picard may ask everyone how they will spend their Bastille Day, for those in the United States it’s a time to celebrate American Independence. Now what does the American holiday of…