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Glen Ellyn family paints American flag on lawn, pens Declaration of Independence on driveway
ABC 7 Chicago ^ | 3 July 2020 | Jesse Kirsch

Posted on 07/04/2020 4:42:49 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

West suburban Glen Ellyn celebrated the Fourth of July with a patriotic decorating contest after canceling its annual fireworks display due to coronavirus.

The Clifford family showed off their winning decorations, including a flag on their front lawn that they painted by hand and the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence handwritten on the driveway.

Peter Clifford said "a little bit of freehand, a little bit of liquid courage and a lot of paint" went into his masterpiece. His wife Megan scraped through three sticks of chalk to write out those truths we hold to be self-evident.

"And of course Monday it rained," she said. "And so I was out here early this morning rewriting it all."

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7chicago.com ...


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KEYWORDS: usa
Nice work.
1 posted on 07/04/2020 4:42:49 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Very nice indeed....


2 posted on 07/04/2020 4:48:24 PM PDT by Hambone 1934
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3 posted on 07/04/2020 4:59:46 PM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong!)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Good for them.

Here, nothing has been cancelled or pulled back.


4 posted on 07/04/2020 5:01:18 PM PDT by bgill
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Right up the road from me.


5 posted on 07/04/2020 5:06:04 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Nateman

You beat me to it. This thread needed the picture. Good job!


6 posted on 07/04/2020 5:14:08 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: Nateman

Not related to the story but gotta love that house!

7 posted on 07/04/2020 5:15:41 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: ought-six

What street is that?


8 posted on 07/04/2020 5:19:28 PM PDT by Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]
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To: Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]

793 Forest Avenue


9 posted on 07/04/2020 5:33:27 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT
One of my favorite decorative yards


10 posted on 07/04/2020 5:46:52 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: gunsequalfreedom; Nateman

11 posted on 07/04/2020 5:49:55 PM PDT by 4Liberty (CoVid19, n. A seasonal respiratory infection politicized to harm the U.S. economy & its President.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There is a house that kind of resembles that one on Taylor ave. in Glen Ellyn so I was wondering if that was the one. Thanks.


12 posted on 07/04/2020 6:14:36 PM PDT by Making_Sense [Rob W. Case]
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To: DUMBGRUNT

A few blocks from where I grew up!


13 posted on 07/04/2020 6:49:12 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

bookmark


14 posted on 07/04/2020 7:11:18 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: lizma2

That’s a good one very creative — and very American.


15 posted on 07/06/2020 1:15:49 PM PDT by Ban Draoi Marbh Draoi ( Gen. 12:3: a warning to all anti-semitechildren like these people were i)
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