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Very hot here, just came in for some ice tea.Working on a broken pasture fence.Our Fireworks in Oxford are the 6th and 7th,our back pasture boarders the soccer fields where they set em off.Every other place is roped off at least a 1/4 mile away.Anyone in the neighborhood is invited.We have a fire pit in our back pasture everyone sets around as the fireworks are being set off.Visitors bring their own coolers and chairs.Thanks Ron
Happy 4th to everyone. Special thanks goes out to all the vets who served our country in support our freedom and freedom around the world. Very hot here as well, in the mid 90's and climbing. Not stopping me from the normal 4th of July cookout with the kids and family.
Wish all a Happy 4th here is a little history lesson on the 4th for all that did not know Jim
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:
The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.
Thanks Niel for your service. I was boot camp San Diego, air frames school Memphis, F8 fighter training Miramar Calif. , Guantanamo Bay Cuba, Quoinset Point R.I., Cecil Field,Jacksonville, Fl., Then USS Independence CV62 in the Med until my discharge. All good duty stations.
Thanks again to all the VETS, gary
Just want to say thanks to all who have served or are serving our country in the armed forces. You guys did the hard work so that idiots on a certain news channel can say dumb things like that they are uncomfortable calling dead soldiers hero's because that glorifies war and lures youth into signing up. Guess what you elite, designer glasses wearing, Starbucks drinking, over educated, America hating, European style kool aid drinker...You DON'T get to make those kinds of judgements. They are hero's, and I salute every one of them, dead, alive, or injured. EVERY one!
And let's not forget what it was all about on July 4th all those many years ago...Two of the primary things they were sick of were high taxes and excessive regulations. There's an old saying...If you don't learn from history you are doomed to repeat it.
Jim
to all the vets out there.