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FReeper Canteen ~ Independence Day ~ July 4, 1776 ~ 04 July 2012
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !!
| The Canteen Crew
Posted on 07/03/2012 6:00:09 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
The FReeper Canteen Presents...
~ Independence Day ~ July 4, 1776 ~
Preamble to the Declaration of Independence
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
Star Spangled Banner
US Army
US Marine Corp US Navy US Air Force US Coast Guard God Bless The USA American Patrol The Liberty Bell I Pledge My Allegiance Stars & Stripes Forever My Country Tis of Thee |
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; independenceday; military; troopsupport
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Just got back from the ceremony here with an F-16 fly over.
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posted on
07/04/2012 3:42:54 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: MEG33
Happy Birthday, America!!
142
posted on
07/04/2012 4:16:52 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(RIP Brian ~ The Coast Guard lost a good one)
To: Kathy in Alaska
143
posted on
07/04/2012 4:51:44 PM PDT
by
RWB Patriot
("My ability is a value that must be purchased and I don't recognize anyone's need as a claim on me.")
To: tomkow6
Happy Independence Day, tom!
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posted on
07/04/2012 5:54:49 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(RIP Brian ~ The Coast Guard lost a good one)
To: unique1
How cool is that.....thanks, u...((HUGS))...and Happy Birthday USA!!
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posted on
07/04/2012 9:07:45 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(RIP Brian ~ The Coast Guard lost a good one)
To: ContraryMary; minor49er
Oh my goodness....I remember when she was so excited about being in Sea Cadets!
Congratulations, Minor49er and your new husband, on your wedding!!
Click
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posted on
07/04/2012 9:10:46 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(RIP Brian ~ The Coast Guard lost a good one)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
07/04/2012 9:44:32 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
The Star Spangled Banner Lyrics
By Francis Scott Key 1814
Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
‘Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war’s desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
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posted on
07/04/2012 9:46:15 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: brushcop; ConorMacNessa; All
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posted on
07/04/2012 11:02:11 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska; brushcop
Outstanding! Thanks very much!
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
07/05/2012 4:44:26 AM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
07/05/2012 8:02:09 AM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: blackie; E.G.C.; Arrowhead1952; Allegra; Mrs.Nooseman; beachn4fun; Jet Jaguar; Jack Deth; ...
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posted on
07/05/2012 11:17:55 AM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thursday Afternoon Coffee Bump.
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posted on
07/05/2012 11:31:10 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
07/05/2012 12:59:52 PM PDT
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: Old Sarge
Happy Independence Day, Sarge. Sounds like a wonderful day was had by all.
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posted on
07/05/2012 2:11:33 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
Man are we gonna be tough or what?Or what! LOL!!
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posted on
07/05/2012 2:15:08 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Oh my goodness....I remember when she was so excited about being in Sea Cadets!Yeah, me too! They do grow up fast, don't they!
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posted on
07/05/2012 4:09:05 PM PDT
by
ContraryMary
(Obama = Carter redux)
To: AZamericonnie
Thank you Connie and what a beautiful photo.
It was all great yesterday and I hope your Independence Day was too.
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posted on
07/05/2012 4:57:11 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: oldteen
A day late, but Happy Independence Day to you and your family and your family of Marines!
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posted on
07/05/2012 5:00:45 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Cindy
A wonderful prayer, Cindy.Happy Independence Day to you and your family.
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posted on
07/05/2012 5:16:53 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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