Freedom in Four Moves: A Field-Tested 4th of July Worth Remembering
The Fourth of July isn’t about hashtags or matching T-shirts. It’s about something older, grittier, and far more American — fire in the sky, meat on the grill, dirt on your boots, and the freedom to do things your own way. Independence wasn’t handed out; it was earned — and we think celebrating it should carry that same spirit.
Here’s how we mark the 4th around here — the Brick Box way.
1. Skip the Store-Bought Stuff and Fire It Up Right
Leave the pre-marinated chicken and frozen burgers behind. The 4th deserves something better. Start a fire the old way — charcoal, hardwood, even a backyard pit if you’ve got one. Grill thick cuts with salt and pepper, husk your corn and roast it right over the coals, throw on some jalapeños or onions for good measure. This isn’t fast food. It’s fire-cooked, smoke-soaked, and earned with time.
If your hands aren’t covered in seasoning and you’re not flipping with a real set of tongs (not that flimsy fold-up thing), you’re not doing it right. This is how flavor is forged.
2. Watch Fireworks Where the Ground Shakes
Sure, you can cram into a parking lot with 300 strangers — or you can take the back road to the hill you remember from when you were a kid. Find the clearing by the water, the field behind the old barn, or the lake where the echo rolls off the trees. Bring a blanket, kick back in the bed of the truck, and feel each boom rattle your chest.
You don’t need a soundtrack. Just crickets, the smell of burnt wicks, and the kind of quiet you only get when the smoke settles between bursts. That’s a real sky show.
3. Clean Off the Right Way
After the grill, the lake, the fireworks, and the dust — wash off right. Not with blue gel from the gas station. Not with something that smells like lemon-scented chemicals and regret.
You need a bar that cuts through the day. Something that smells like the world you were just out in. Try County Fair with caramel corn and candied apple vibes. Or American Barbershop with crisp bergamot, warm spice, and the clean-cut scent of a classic shave. Maybe Whiskey Barrel if you want something deeper and smokier to end the night.
We call ‘em briccs for a reason — solid, strong, and built for real cleanup.
4. Tell a Story That Wasn’t on Social Media
Not every moment needs to be uploaded. Some stories are better told next year around a campfire or on a porch after dark. Like the time your uncle tried to fry chicken in a cast iron over a fire. Or when someone lit five bottle rockets with one spark. Or when the watermelon cracked clean in half and shot juice across the whole table.
Keep those moments off the feed. Hold onto them the way we used to — in memory, passed down, a little wilder with every telling.
However you spend your 4th, we hope it’s bold, free, and yours.
At Brick Box Natural Soap Company, we’re proud to handcraft soap that carries a little of that same spirit — strong, clean, and built from scratch.
Thanks for letting us ride in your pack — holidays or not.
Written by William Musall
Founder, Brick Box Natural Soap Company