Independence Day July 4th 1776

[Condor]

THE REASON.....

 

 

Enjoy the day....

[Sylvester]

:amen::amen::amen::amen::amen::amen::amen::amen::amen:

 

[CaseyJ955]

When I was a child in elementary school it was customary for the class to rise and face the flag with hand over heart and recite the Pledge of Allegance each morning before class would begin. I got called out by a number of teachers for not reciting the "under God" part, even got sent up the hall a time or two. Once upon a time in middle America there was no tolerance for diversity. I didnt realize until today that it was actually an afterthought. Wow, memory lane, whichever version anyone embraces I hope you all have an awesome and safe 4th!!!!!

[WildBill1]

You know we owe a lot to "The Greatest Generation".

[bikenut]

Happy 4TH of July to All.

A BIG THANK YOU goes out to ALL THE MILITARY for their service and all the MILITARY The lost their lives for our FREEDOM

[NOHAWG]

Thank you to all who do serve and have served. Let us never give in to the pressure to remove "God" from any of our nation's documents.

 

God bless the U.S.A.!

[videoarizona]

Happy 4th, guys and gals!

 

Stay safe, hope the BBQ comes out great.. and health and happiness follows you all throughout the years!

[cowpuc]

You know we owe a lot to "The Greatest Generation".

 

Not that I dont 100 trillion percent agree with ya brother BUT,,, in this case (the case being that this celebration, IMHO, seems to be more of one of our country claiming its independence from Great Britain and the very costly decision of whether or not there was actually going to be a free nation and free men/women on the planet who were going to be self governing = an experiment in self governing as it were). Again,, and this is just another one of those IMHO's that continually tend to get me in trouble, because were are talking about "1776" and not "1945" here, I lean more towards thanking and praising those Patriot souls of the original 13 Colony's way back at the beginning who were willing to fight and die in their fight against Socialism and/or rule by a King (Monarchy) who fought and died for what has become the greatest way of life known to man = FREEDOM!!!

 

HAPPY 4th OF JULY MY FELLOW AMERICANS!!

Puc :usa::usa::usa::usa::usa::usa::usa:

 

P.S. I still dont understand why we can't get some kind of a that us old geezers can actually see like @Condor had mentioned in another thread..

[WildBill1]

Cowpuc I was just making reference to the Pledge of Allegiance was adopted by Congress in 1945 and added Under God in 1954 those people being part of the Greatest Generation. We all should remember the Native Americans paid a tremendous price for us taking over their land.

[Condor]

I could have posted a copy of the Preamble, or the Constitution, or the Bill of Rights... I just felt that the meaning of the Pledge of Allegiance kinda sez it all. I really don't give a hoot about when it was written, or when 'under God' was added. It's what it means and what stands for......IMHO.....

 

[cowpuc]

Cowpuc I was just making reference to the Pledge of Allegiance was adopted by Congress in 1945 and added Under God in 1954 those people being part of the Greatest Generation. We all should remember the Native Americans paid a tremendous price for us taking over their land.

 

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[Air Ready Auto]

A local "top 40/pop" radio station was asking people why we celebrate the 4th when they called in for music requests. Depressingly, about 80% of the people had no clue or had some misinterpreted story or even said something about winning WW2. The DJ obviously was getting annoyed by this so he went on a short rant about the founding of our country. Not sure he will have a job tomorrow but he earned a heap of respect from me. Its sad how our "education system" is clearly not doing their job.

[cowpuc]

A local "top 40/pop" radio station was asking people why we celebrate the 4th when they called in for music requests. Depressingly, about 80% of the people had no clue or had some misinterpreted story or even said something about winning WW2. The DJ obviously was getting annoyed by this so he went on a short rant about the founding of our country. Not sure he will have a job tomorrow but he earned a heap of respect from me. Its sad how our "education system" is clearly not doing their job.

 

Yep, even to the point of rewriting History books in some cases..... I will say though,, after spending many hours covering thousands of miles criss crossing our country and talking to people from all walks of life,, it is also amazing how many people out there really truly do still believe in America and what she stands for... Late last night, while sitting on Tweeksis waiting for the local fireworks to start, a gentleman walked up and commented about Tweeks stickers.. As the conversation progressed, the fellow opened up about his time in Vietnam (4 tours) and also his love for Montana. After listening to Tip tell him about our love for "The West" and how great of a country we have and how the old "Cowboy Code" is still alive out there - he walked over to his car and pulled out a little book and gave it to us.. I looked at it and it was a book of "Cowboy Poems" written by the person we were talking to. He signed the book for us and also signed our Montana sticker.. Got home here and started reading and WOWZY WOW WOW WOW,, talk about REAL patriotism coming out in the written word and, get this,,,,, from an author who is alive and well!!!!! As a country with a very special way of life, we may be down but, IMHO,, we are farrrr from out.... As long as there are folks who think the way the author of my little book clearly thinks,,,,,, it is far from over....