USO Canteen FReeper Style....Liberty R&R Goes to Virginia Join Us .......July 6,2002

Aquamarine and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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Monticello.......Thomas Jefferson’s home

The Blueridge Mountians of Virginia

Virginia Beach

The wonderful Daffodil Festival in Gloucester, Virginia

Music performed by the Fifes and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg. Tap your toes to the exhilarating martial music that marked the routine of military troops during the 18th century and sent the patriots marching into battle.

A large area of the town of Williamsburg consists of buildings preserved from Colonial times, i.e. from before the Declaration of American Independence in 1776.

Think of the Williamsburg Area... and the images that come to mind are...

`Small Town' Colonial Life...

the Search for American Independence...

the Model for Democracy used throughout the world.

Enjoy a 'Cold One' in the same Taverns where the likes of Tommy Jefferson and Patrick ("Give me liberty, or give me death") Henry, argued over the fate of a super power's Colony… and their lives.

College of William & Mary - Second oldest Institution of Higher Education in the Nation… with today, Graduates from all over the world. There is where Thomas Jefferson and some of his buddies went to school.

Don't forget to ask about the friendly ghost that's been dropping by the Wren Building for several Centuries.

College of William & Mary... which was the school to young law students like Thomas Jefferson.

The second oldest institution of higher learning in the United States... William & Mary began the Honor Society that was based on individual Responsibility... as well as the Phi Beta Kappa Society... which recognized and acknowledged individual Excellence.

The College's Wren Building, was constructed in 1695.

Williamsburg Historic District - the political and intellectual Capitol of England's colony in the New World. Where the ideas and ferment originated for the modern concept of Democracy now used throughout the world. Authentic reconstruction's, shows, exhibits, interpreters. Referred to as the 'Largest Living Museum in the World'.

It was here that the colonists (and their `legislators' who were permitted to make recommendations to the King)... began to understand that they did not have to be ruled by a foreign power... but could manage their own country under rules which they themselves developed by community consensus (discussions and voting).

Walk through and actually dine in the same Taverns... where the arguments took place between the `Crown Loyalists'... and the `Revolutionaries'... and where the concepts that became the America Constitution were discussed by the likes of George Washington and Patrick Henry ("Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death").

Then let's take a little trip over to Yorktown.

Yorktown is still the small little village on the York River where a Revolution ended… setting the stage for a New American Nation to begin.

Yorktown may be a tiny village, but it's important in American history because the definitive battle of the American Revolution was won by George Washington there in 1781. After Lord Cornwallis surrendered his huge army to the American and French allies on October 19, 1781, Britain soon appealed for peace. As a result, the 13 colonies emerged into the United States of America.

We can’t forget a visit to Jamestown.......the first English Settlement in the 'New World'… now some 400 years old. See authentic replicas of the boats that crossed the ocean seeking religious freedoms and opportunities.

Th time in sheer wonderment at the resolve and fears of men, women and children crossing an Ocean in a Susan B. Constant... a small boat that today, seems like an oversize mini van.

Roughly 400 years ago, on December 20, 1606, three merchant ships loaded with passengers and cargo embarked from England on a voyage that would later set the course of American history.

The Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery reached Virginia in the spring of 1607, and on May 14, their 104 passengers all men and boys began building on the banks of the James River what was to be America's first permanent English colony, predating Plymouth in Massachusetts by 13 years.

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're welcome.

[philman_36]

Who knew? Well, me for one. I'm sure others do too. May we all learn something new everyday.

Thanks for the info about Va. I'll definitely consider it for future vacation plans.

[Jen]

New and improved! New lyrics and midi music. Enjoy! Jen

The USO Canteen Freeper Style's Theme Song

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Bunny's Canteen

To the tune of "Money for Nothing" by Dire Straits

(Intro)

I love my

I love Bunny's Canteen!
(repeat)

(Musical interlude)

Now listen up fellas, it's the place to go - ooo
A cyber Canteen like the U-S-O
When you ain't working, and you need a smile
Come to the Canteen FReeper Style

Now when you ain't working, it's the place to be - eee
Lemme tell ya them Boyz ain't dumb
Maybe get a giggle from the pretty ladies
Sipping Margaritas till they're numb

We gotta tell more people about it
They'll love the amenities
And the company of pretty ladies
And everything is completely free-eee!

See the pretty ladies with their earrings and the makeup
Yeah buddy, they look my type
See that pretty lady grooving on the dance floor
That pretty lady is pure dynamite!

We gotta tell more people about it
They'll love the amenities
And the company of pretty ladies
And everything is completely free-eee!

I wish I'd found it a long time ago,
Now nothing can keep me away!
To dear Snow Bunny, our hostess with the mostess,
Thank you for envisioning this place!

The house band plays all your favorite music
While acting like some sailors out on liberty!
When you ain't working, it's the place to be
Get your funnies for nothing and the chicks are FRee-(pers)

We gotta tell more people about it
They'll love the amenities
And the company of pretty ladies
And everything is completely free-eee!

When you ain't working, I know just the place
Snow Bunny's Canteen out in cyberspace!
When you ain't working, it's the place to be
Get your funnies for nothing and the chicks are FRee-(pers)

I love my
I love my
I love Bunny's Canteen!

[SAMWolf]

Good Job Jen!

[Ligeia]

There's more!

Natural Bridge

Luray Caverns

[Victoria Delsoul]

Yay!!! Wonderful job.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Special request…

Michael Jackson, Billie Jean

[lodwick]

Good evening there - no, it's not brutal, like it can be here - our salvation, and our current problem is not being able to give our rain to some parts of this great country.

A tad on the damp side here in CenTex. ;-)

[SAMWolf]

Lies! All Lies!

I don't know or have never known anyone named Billie Jean!

[tomkow6]

Well, that picture had a "rocky top".......

[tomkow6]

Squeeze Me In

EXCELLENT IDEA!

Good song, too!

[lodwick]

Go gurl - please keep going Crazy. Thanks.

[Aquamarine]

Thank you so much, you have given us a wonderful tour of Virginia today. You must love it there. My ancestor's on my father's side of the family are from Virginia...Mecklenburg County.
Here is an extract from my Great-Great (etc) Grandfather's scrapbook who lived there. I think he must have had a good sense of humor

BON MOT
Bon Mot was a man who lived with his wife not upon the most happy condition of mutual enjoyments, having received a very severe scolding from her with hearty wishes that "the devil had him", observed, " my dear do not so often threaten me with the devil, I daresay he will behave very kindly to me for having married one of his near relations".
circa: 1795-1808

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!

Eli's coming - 3 dog night

[SAMWolf]

Wow! 3 Dog Night! There's a blast from the past!

Wait a minute! You trying to tell me something????

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hahahaha you wish! LOL.

[Victoria Delsoul]

You gave me the link remember? LOL

[Aquamarine]

That's a nice song. I don't know how you post your songs so quickly.

[Aquamarine]

That's a GREAT idea COB!