Please keep those donations coming in, folks. We need to wrap this baby up soon. [FReepathon LIII]

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[Jim Robinson]

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And this just in:

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$10.00 monthly from Texas
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Jim posted more of your generous donations!

Thank you very much, jazusamo!!

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And this just in:

$100.00 from Virginia
$20.00 from Pennsylvania
$100.00 from Iowa
$10.00 from New York
$10.00 monthly from Texas
$10.00 from California
$25.00 from California
$100.00 monthly from Arizona (renewal plus increase)
$5.00 from New Mexico
$50.00 from Florida
$50.00 from Never Never Land

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[RedMDer]

Thank you all very much!!
Your loyal support keeps FR alive and well and is truly and greatly appreciated!!
FReepers are the absolute greatest!!
God bless!!

~Jim


FR Needs Everyone to Contribute!

God Bless and Keep You All

Every Donation Counts! Make yours Monthly, if you can!
Please Support Your Beloved FR Today

   2015 Q3 Scoreboard — ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts			Monthlies
		Total	#	Avg/Per	Total	#	Avg/Per
1	California	$7,748.00	182	$42.57	$862.00	50	$17.24
2	Texas	5,805.60	218	26.63	1,574.00	86	18.30
3	Florida	4,646.00	144	32.26	1,160.00	51	22.75
4	Pennsylvania	2,442.26	57	42.85	280.00	17	16.47
5	Washington	1,958.00	66	29.67	434.00	22	19.73
6	New York	1,920.00	62	30.97	191.00	18	10.61
7	Colorado	1,883.34	52	36.22	243.34	11	22.12
8	Virginia	1,763.00	50	35.26	285.00	18	15.83
9	Arizona	1,629.00	47	34.66	370.00	17	21.76
10	South Carolina	1,609.00	23	69.96	115.00	9	12.78
11	Tennessee	1,557.00	51	30.53	241.00	14	17.21
12	Maryland	1,500.00	30	50.00	320.00	13	24.62
13	Ohio	1,495.00	57	26.23	205.00	16	12.81
14	North Carolina	1,410.22	54	26.12	245.00	15	16.33
15	Illinois	1,399.00	50	27.98	224.00	14	16.00
16	Alabama	1,151.00	26	44.27	225.00	9	25.00
17	New Jersey	1,145.00	34	33.68	145.00	6	24.17
18	Massachusetts	917.00	41	22.37	226.00	12	18.83
19	Missouri	910.00	29	31.38	225.00	14	16.07
20	Oklahoma	818.00	23	35.57	175.00	8	21.88
21	Nevada	775.00	23	33.70	80.00	6	13.33
22	Georgia	773.00	27	28.63	200.00	13	15.38
23	Oregon	769.73	25	30.79	160.00	9	17.78
24	Michigan	750.00	36	20.83	135.00	11	12.27
25	Minnesota	705.00	29	24.31	195.00	12	16.25
26	Louisiana	690.00	16	43.12	135.00	7	19.29
27	Connecticut	645.00	17	37.94	240.00	9	26.67
28	Mississippi	580.00	18	32.22	165.00	6	27.50
29	Canada	530.00	9	58.89	30.00	2	15.00
30	Kansas	518.00	16	32.38	135.00	7	19.29
31	Wisconsin	466.00	23	20.26	204.00	8	25.50
32	Alaska	385.00	9	42.78	50.00	3	16.67
33	New Mexico	376.00	21	17.90	68.00	5	13.60
34	Arkansas	373.00	13	28.69	70.00	4	17.50
35	Idaho	370.00	9	41.11	140.00	5	28.00
36	Montana	368.00	7	52.57
37	Indiana	350.00	18	19.44	110.00	7	15.71
38	Utah	320.00	6	53.33	30.00	1	30.00
39	Switzerland	300.00	1	300.00
40	United Kingdom	280.00	5	56.00	30.00	1	30.00
41	New Hampshire	271.70	12	22.64	90.00	6	15.00
42	Kentucky	269.56	9	29.95	65.00	4	16.25
43	Iowa	213.00	6	35.50	40.00	2	20.00
44	Delaware	205.00	10	20.50	50.00	2	25.00
45	Maine	170.00	11	15.45	70.00	6	11.67
46	Nebraska	150.00	8	18.75	35.00	4	8.75
47	Hawaii	100.00	4	25.00	20.00	1	20.00
48	Wyoming	95.00	3	31.67
49	West Virginia	90.00	3	30.00
50	District of Columbia	50.00	1	50.00	50.00	1	50.00
51	South Dakota	50.00	5	10.00	25.00	3	8.33
52	Norway	40.00	2	20.00	20.00	1	20.00
53	El Salvador	30.00	1	30.00
54	Vermont	20.00	1	20.00	10.00	1	10.00
55	Germany	20.00	1	20.00
56	Japan	20.00	2	10.00	10.00	1	10.00
57	Luxembourg	20.00	2	10.00	10.00	1	10.00
58	Philippines	20.00	1	20.00
59	North Dakota	20.00	1	20.00
60	Armed Forces - Pacific	20.00	1	20.00
61	Israel	10.00	1	10.00
	Albania				10.00	1	10.00
Never Never Land		1,964.00	97	20.25	587.00	48	12.23
63 locations total		$57,878.41	1,806	$32.05	$11,014.34	618	$17.82

Thank you all very much!!
Your loyal support keeps FR alive and well and is truly and greatly appreciated!!
FReepers are the absolute greatest!!
God bless!!

~Jim


FR Needs Everyone to Contribute!

God Bless and Keep You All

Every Donation Counts! Make yours Monthly, if you can!
Please Support Your Beloved FR Today

   2015 Q3 Scoreboard — ranked by total receipts   

Rank	Location	Receipts			Monthlies
		Total	#	Avg/Per	Total	#	Avg/Per
1	California	$7,748.00	182	$42.57	$862.00	50	$17.24
2	Texas	5,805.60	218	26.63	1,574.00	86	18.30
3	Florida	4,646.00	144	32.26	1,160.00	51	22.75
4	Pennsylvania	2,442.26	57	42.85	280.00	17	16.47
5	Washington	1,958.00	66	29.67	434.00	22	19.73
6	New York	1,920.00	62	30.97	191.00	18	10.61
7	Colorado	1,883.34	52	36.22	243.34	11	22.12
8	Virginia	1,763.00	50	35.26	285.00	18	15.83
9	Arizona	1,629.00	47	34.66	370.00	17	21.76
10	South Carolina	1,609.00	23	69.96	115.00	9	12.78
11	Tennessee	1,557.00	51	30.53	241.00	14	17.21
12	Maryland	1,500.00	30	50.00	320.00	13	24.62
13	Ohio	1,495.00	57	26.23	205.00	16	12.81
14	North Carolina	1,410.22	54	26.12	245.00	15	16.33
15	Illinois	1,399.00	50	27.98	224.00	14	16.00
16	Alabama	1,151.00	26	44.27	225.00	9	25.00
17	New Jersey	1,145.00	34	33.68	145.00	6	24.17
18	Massachusetts	917.00	41	22.37	226.00	12	18.83
19	Missouri	910.00	29	31.38	225.00	14	16.07
20	Oklahoma	818.00	23	35.57	175.00	8	21.88
21	Nevada	775.00	23	33.70	80.00	6	13.33
22	Georgia	773.00	27	28.63	200.00	13	15.38
23	Oregon	769.73	25	30.79	160.00	9	17.78
24	Michigan	750.00	36	20.83	135.00	11	12.27
25	Minnesota	705.00	29	24.31	195.00	12	16.25
26	Louisiana	690.00	16	43.12	135.00	7	19.29
27	Connecticut	645.00	17	37.94	240.00	9	26.67
28	Mississippi	580.00	18	32.22	165.00	6	27.50
29	Canada	530.00	9	58.89	30.00	2	15.00
30	Kansas	518.00	16	32.38	135.00	7	19.29
31	Wisconsin	466.00	23	20.26	204.00	8	25.50
32	Alaska	385.00	9	42.78	50.00	3	16.67
33	New Mexico	376.00	21	17.90	68.00	5	13.60
34	Arkansas	373.00	13	28.69	70.00	4	17.50
35	Idaho	370.00	9	41.11	140.00	5	28.00
36	Montana	368.00	7	52.57
37	Indiana	350.00	18	19.44	110.00	7	15.71
38	Utah	320.00	6	53.33	30.00	1	30.00
39	Switzerland	300.00	1	300.00
40	United Kingdom	280.00	5	56.00	30.00	1	30.00
41	New Hampshire	271.70	12	22.64	90.00	6	15.00
42	Kentucky	269.56	9	29.95	65.00	4	16.25
43	Iowa	213.00	6	35.50	40.00	2	20.00
44	Delaware	205.00	10	20.50	50.00	2	25.00
45	Maine	170.00	11	15.45	70.00	6	11.67
46	Nebraska	150.00	8	18.75	35.00	4	8.75
47	Hawaii	100.00	4	25.00	20.00	1	20.00
48	Wyoming	95.00	3	31.67
49	West Virginia	90.00	3	30.00
50	District of Columbia	50.00	1	50.00	50.00	1	50.00
51	South Dakota	50.00	5	10.00	25.00	3	8.33
52	Norway	40.00	2	20.00	20.00	1	20.00
53	El Salvador	30.00	1	30.00
54	Vermont	20.00	1	20.00	10.00	1	10.00
55	Germany	20.00	1	20.00
56	Japan	20.00	2	10.00	10.00	1	10.00
57	Luxembourg	20.00	2	10.00	10.00	1	10.00
58	Philippines	20.00	1	20.00
59	North Dakota	20.00	1	20.00
60	Armed Forces - Pacific	20.00	1	20.00
61	Israel	10.00	1	10.00
	Albania				10.00	1	10.00
Never Never Land		1,964.00	97	20.25	587.00	48	12.23
63 locations total		$57,878.41	1,806	$32.05	$11,014.34	618	$17.82

[RedMDer]

FR is looking for 300 loyal FReepers to donate $100 or more per quarter.
We now have 160 donations this quarter of $100 or more!!
Join the "300 Club" today!!
The $100+ donations this quarter have contributed
$23,350.00 so far to the current total!!

We need your help to keep the lights on.
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Every donation counts no matter how big or small.
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Please Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!

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[RedMDer]

WooHoo!
Thank you donors!
God bless.

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[RedMDer]

Fifty-Two!! FReeper-Patriots are now
New Monthly Donors.

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Thank you, Mississippi!

Seven sovereign nations have held dominion over the six counties of Mississippi which lie below the thirty-first parallel, and six nations over that area above this line.

The Mississippi State Legislature adopted the present-day state flag in February 1894, replacing the Magnolia flag.

This flag has a replica of the Confederate battle flag in the canton corner, although the language of the act creating the flag does not say so.

History of Mississippi Flags


Magnolia
The Mississippi State Flower


Mississippi Beaches


Biloxi, Mississippi is one of the best places to raise children.


Mississippi sunrise



The U.S.S. Cairo
Ironclad River Gunboat: City Class

Commissioned: January 16, 1862
Torpedoed and Sunk: December 12, 1862
Raised: December 12, 1964

The U.S.S. Cairo was one of seven ironclad gunboats named in honor of towns along the upper Mississippi and Ohio rivers. These powerful ironclads were formidable vessels, each mounting thirteen big guns (cannon). The U.S.S. Cairo also carried thirteen big guns. The 32-pdr Navy smoothbore, mounted on its original carriage, could fire a solid 32-pound cannon ball about a mile. It required an eleven man crew to load, maneuver, and fire.

On them rested in large part, Northern hopes to regain control of the lower Mississippi River and split the Confederacy in two.

The "city class" gunboats were designed by Samuel M. Pook and built by river engineer James B. Eads. Cairo was constructed at Mound City, Illinois, and commissioned in January 1862. The Cairo was destined to see only limited action in the engagement at Plum Point in May and in the battle of Memphis in June.

Her most significant action came six months later when she kept a rendezvous with destiny. The Cairo's skipper, Lt. Commander Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., was rash and ambitious, a stern disciplinarian, but an aggressive and promising young officer.

On the cold morning of December 12, 1862, Selfridge led a small flotilla up the Yazoo River, north of Vicksburg, to destroy Confederate batteries and clear the channel of torpedoes (underwater mines). As the Cairo reached a point seven miles north of Vicksburg the flotilla came under fire and Selfridge ordered the guns to ready. As the gunboat turned towards shore disaster struck.

Cairo was rocked by two explosions in quick succession which tore gaping holes in the ship's hull. Within twelve minutes the ironclad sank into six (6) fathoms (36 feet) of water without any loss of life.

Cairo became the first ship in history to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo. The USS Cairo was only in service for 11 months before making history as the first U.S. marine vessel to be sunk by an electronically detonated mine.

U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad National Park Service Vicksburg Mississippi




National Military Park
Vicksburg, Mississippi

[KC_Lion]

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