Happy Birthday, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CookingWithCarlo.com ^ | July 4, 2003 | Carlo3b

[AMNZ]

Sorry, should have been PM Howard.

[Coleus]

Happy Independence Day Everybody!

God Bless America!!

[katnip]

Thanks Bob!

[davidosborne]

Great thread.. Thanks

Picture of my daughter praying at a Support the troops rally in Tallahassee, Fl

[radu]

Howdy carlo.

Yes, that flag field is for real.Fortunately I hadn't deleted the e-mail it was sent with a few months ago so I still have the info on it. Here it is:

"Between the field where the flag is planted there are 9+ miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies. It's a beautiful place close to Vandenberg AFB. Checkout the dimensions of the flag.

The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions as described in Executive Order #10834. This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; Each Stripe is 30 feet wide. This Flag is estimated to contain more than 400,000 Larkspur plants with 4-5 flower stems each for a total of more than 2 million flowers. You can drive by this flag on V Street south of Ocean Ave. in Lompoc, CA."

Absolutely amazing, isn't it? I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Hope you had a fantastic 4th of July!!

[firewalk]

Good morning (-:
Hope you had a great 4th Of July

[veronica]

Thanks for the ping. :) I saw fireworks over the Monterey Bay, with friends. I thank God I was born in this beautiful country. How lucky can you get!

[Calpernia]

Thanks for that add on about what happened to the 56 men that signed the Dec of Ind. I never knew that.

[Calpernia]

Read this when you have a moment (particularly post 1). I never knew the history of what happened to the 56 men that signed the Dec. of Ind. May be material here for one of your Finests too.

Cal

[Calpernia]

After reading your profile; thought you would appreciate post #2. I didn't know this...appreciated the info. If you knew, sorry for the intrusion.

[Calpernia]

Oops. Meant post #2. Not #1.

[Brian Allen]

Thank you.

Knowing all of that is part of why I became An American.

Hearing/reading it over and over again is part of why I remain one.

Thank you some more.

Happy Birthday, My America.

Blessings -- Brian

[Billie]

Thanks for posting this, carlo. I think that many of us have probably taken for granted our freedom and never stopped to think or wonder about 'who' they were - those 56 men who signed the Declaration of (our) Independence. You brought them to 'life' with this post.

Thanks, Cal, for the headsup.

[carlo3b]

Good Morning my dear sweet friend, I am so proud to be an American, especially when we are involved in a military conflict, and more so around the 4th of July.. As you know,  it's never too late to climb on our bandwagon, and be a real patriot again..
GOD BLESS AMERICA