It may ruffle some Americans' feathers, it may get some of our colonial brothers' and sister' backs up, but in reality it's just a bit of fun - not sour grapes at the loss of the colonies; honestly.
To say any more would be to introduce spoilers. If you do read Happy Dependence Day, feel free to leave a comment and/or a star rating.
Below are links to my most recent Global Short Story Competition winning story, my short-listed story for the National newspaper (Abu Dhabi's, annual short story competition) and another story that appeared on the Every Day Fiction site - where you can leave a comment:
http://www.inscribemedia.co.uk/assets/october-ebook.pdf
http://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/short-story-a-day-for-decisiveness
http://www.everydayfiction.com/the-d-day-diorama-by-paul-a-freeman/#comments
Happy Writing!