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Posted on 07/04/2008 1:51:11 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
Happy 4th of July to you to Jan.
Be well!
“Posterity - you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.” - John Quincy Adams
http://towncriernews.blogspot.com/
First and foremost Happy Independence day!!! As I have read the posts as well as the stories of our Great Fore Fathers I draw so much closer to my conservative roots and how I can define them with a logical and relevant thought process. I believe as a conservative that what transpired 232 years ago set the stage for what can be accomplished by true loyalty to country. They did not want a handout nor did they want government to be their safety net. Communities were strong because even with disagreement they helped each other. They shared the common Love of THEIR country which was for the People and by the People. Their act of Sacred Honor bestowed on an unknowing nation something which I believe will never die nor be surrendered that which is Freedom. Freedom to lead, Freedom to Love, Freedom to worship and the Freedom to be wrong sometimes and STILL be a Great Nation worth pledging my Sacred Honor for!!!
May God Bless America and those around the world who Love Her as much as I do!!!
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Thank you, Jim!
Happy Independence Day, FReepers.
May God continue to prosper our blessed nation.
may God bless America
Happy Independence Day, Jim.
Thank you!
Here’s an email that I’m sure you’ve seen before, but a good reminder on the sacrifices that they made. The other thing that it reminds me of - our Independence was not a sure thing. And it is not a sure thing of lasting forever either. And that we must be on guard for that.
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Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died.
Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.
Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they?
Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy and he sold his home and properties to pay his debts and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Cllymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, be we shouldn’t.
So take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It’s not much to ask for the price they paid.
Remember: freedom is never free!
I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many people as you can, please. It’s time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games.
Happy Independence Day to you Meek!
Thank you Jim and hope for a very good one for you and yours.
Yay America.
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*rushes off to get good seats for fireworks*
Have a safe and fun Independence Day, ya all!
Hey philly!
Today 1,200 US troops reenlisted in Iraq- at Saddam Hussein’s palace. Freedom on the march:
http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/07/this-is-guaranteed-to-make-democrat.html
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all menwomen, men, transgenders, homosexuals are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are LifeAbortion, Libertysmoking, fireworks, trans fat bans and seatbelt and helmet laws and the pursuit of Happiness free Gubmint entitlement programs, wealth redistribution and confiscatory taxes.
Have a Happy Independence Day Jim :-)
Hey, how about illegal aliens, drug runners, child rapists and captured enemy combatants? They have full (extra) constitutional rights too, y’know.
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