ID4 Syncretism

 The Fourth of July, or Independence Day is America's Big Day, and though historically a National Holiday, in the non-Denominational Church, it is a religious holiday, and as such is celebrated by the majority of Medieval Americans. However, with the breakdown of America where would people's outlet for patriotism go?

As I've mentioned before, Scientologists/Californians may base their doctrines around movies and who business, and as such the biggest movies for box office were often on the Holiday weekends, thus creating a sort of syncretism/continuity around federal holidays anyways, with Independence Day weekend being one of the biggest. (And, as the Western faiths may have a bit of Ufology going on, July 4 being tied to a movie about Alien Invasions might have some effect as well. Might be a better Biblical tale than Battlefield Earth, anyways). Definitely the most likely to also celebrate Independence Day, which interestingly, might make it a very non-heartland phenomenon.

That said, the New Israelites may possibly adopt something for their Lunar Calendar. The Herdsmen are probably descended from the Americans with the strongest sense of Patriotism on an aesthetic level, and the strongest sense of American individualism on a fundamentalist base. And two of the Founding Fathers are on their most sacred site. So it's hard not to imagine them having some kind of affection for the Fourth of July, even if they consider the concept of "federal mandates" unimportant. That said, the relative proximity of the Summer Solstice to July 4th, a mere 14th days (not as close as Winter Solstice to Christmas, but much more quantifiable), might signify some kind of festivities.

The Buddhists of the Northwest may have largely cut themselves off the norms of the Western World, but it should be said that they do have a particular holiday, Dharma Day, which falls on the eight lunar month--this year it would be July 3, in fact. In some respects a floating holiday would not be that out of place with how we've come to celebrate July 4th, with all the big cookouts and Fireworks on the weekend.

Interestingly, the Church of Latter Day Saints has its founding of Salt Lake City at the end of July, with Pioneer Day--the biggest day after Christmas and Easter. It's quite possible that, after fall of Salt Lake City to the Yeagers and a century of pastoralism may have also turned Pioneer Day into a floating celebration marked by the Lunar calendar.

As for Voodoo, there doesn't seem to be any contradiction or complement either way. This Voodoo site recognizes it as something practitioners might celebrate incidental to their agan lifestyles, and how the values in the Declaration of Independence are simpatico to paganism, but not something they would particularly sanctify or conflate with another religious celebration. That said, there a lot of celebrations on the Voodoo calendar, and Voodoo is usually not adverse to absorbing elements from elsewhere.