Posted on 07/13/2026 12:16:43 PM PDT by JoeVortex
I clicked on my bookmark for Free Republic.
The splash page came up.
And then in dawned on me:
Free Republic is 30 years old this year!
My dear father, Edward Linn (Edlinn here) introduced me to FreeRepublic. He died in 2000.
And I’ve been here for 26 of them!
I have only been a Freeper for 26 years, but I lurked for a couple of years before that before setting up an account.
I first found Free Republic through a link on Drudge Report. It’s a shame that whoever runs Drudge Report now is left-wing anti-Trumper.
The only time I can stay away is when the site is down.
Two days before you!
I’m humbled to say I’m a noob at 18 years…including my first screen handle.
I also, 28yrs
whew!
Wow ... been here 21 - and some older than that ...I was just a kid back then ...
26 years for me. Seems like yesterday. I was lucky enough to meet Jim in DC. Time flies when you are having fun.
I’ve been on since late 1998. Had a different screen name at the time, that I hope people will forget. I first discovered this site, as many did, during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. I’ve been addicted to it ever since. Free Republic is the first thing I go to on the Internet when I wake up, I check it throughout the day, and it’s usually the last thing I look at before turning in.
Let us not forget A+Bert.
Hi Newbie!
Happy Birthday!!!
And thank you!
Long may we all remain a Free Republic!!
Tatt
“My bank does this. It is working fine; I can get where I want to go and do what I need to do. Then - Lo and Behold - things change.”
Banking Just Got Better! lol
I started reading Free Republic way back when at the time of the first lawsuit from the LA Times.
All thanks to Mr. Robinson and his family and to all those who keep the lights on and put up with all of us.
Dec 1997 here
The world’s pre-eminent news aggregator website, for people who think all news is Fake News.
Wow I joined in 1999. Lurked in 1998.
That might have been me...
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