[SOLVED] Happy July 4th!

[RavenOfOdin]

Anyone gonna be shooting fireworks tonight?

[woedend]

hell yeah.
you know how we do it in the south...beer and explosives = good time


oh, i almost forgot, i read this on another place i visit....kinda long but interesting. im too lazy to format so ill just code it.

Fourth of July

AKA: Independence Day

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Have you ever wondered what happened to the

56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors,

and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army;

another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds

or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives,

their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.

Eleven were merchants,

Nine were farmers and large plantation owners;

all men of means, well-educated,

but they signed the

Declaration of Independence

knowing full well that the penalty

would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton

of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader,

saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy.

He sold his home and properties to pay his debts

and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam

was so hounded by they British that

he was forced to move his family almost constantly.

He served in the Congress without pay,

and his family was kept in hiding.

His possessions were taken from him

and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of

Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward,

Ruttledge and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown,

Thomas Nelson, Jr.

noted that the British General Cornwallis

had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters.

He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire.

The home was destroyed and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis

had his home and properties destroyed.

The enemy jailed his wife, and she died with a few months.

John Hart

was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying.

Their 13 children fled for their lives.

His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste.

For more than a year he lived in forests and caves,

returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.

So many of us take our liberties so much for granted,

BUT WE SHOULDN'T.

Please take a few minutes while enjoying your

4th of July Holiday

and prayerfully thank these patriots.

It's not too much to ask for the price they paid.

REMEMBER:

Freedom is Never Free!

[mstlyevil]

Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans and happy Tuesday to the rest of the world.

[Biltong (Dee)]

I second that!

[Miki01]

Well, I'm not American, but, Happy 4th of July!

[jethro10]

Always reminds me of the film Independence Day.

Love that film.

[blackjack6.21.91]

Everyone have a great day! Tomorrow too! And the next day!

[RAV TUX]

Happy "Fourth of July"! HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

For those here in the USA, what are your plans?

I am going to work 10am-6pm then I will meet my wife on the steps of the "Lincoln Memorial" to see the fireworks tonight on the "National Mall" here in Washington DC.







(for those not from the USA: Happy Tuesday!)

[Kernel Sanders]

I'm British!

But anyway, Happy 4th Of July you brave yanks!

John

[T700]

oh, i almost forgot, i read this on another place i visit....kinda long but interesting. im too lazy to format so ill just code it.
[code]Fourth of July

AKA: Independence Day

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Have you ever wondered what happened to the

56 men that signed the Declaration of Independence?

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/pricepaid.asp

Paul