I’ve been on FR since 1975 but through a series of lost passwords and crashed computers, yada, yada, yada...
1975 Huh? It must have been fun all by yourself.....
Founded in September 1996 as a sole proprietorship by Founder, Chairman
and President James C. "Jim" Robinson of Fresno, California, Free Republic
opened to the general public in February 1997. Robinson filed for LLC status
on September 11, 1998. It has always been a for-profit company and thus
donations have never been tax exempt.