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.

[HiJinx]

"There is a time to preach and a time to fight."

Oh, man, do we need to renew the way we teach History! How can anyone who knows of men such as John Peter Muhlenberg think for even a minute that this is not "One Country Under God"?

[HiJinx]

Think about the game "Where in Time is Carmen SanDiego(?)".

Same or similar teaching method, just using a more comprehensive subject matter.

And I would think that the homeschool market would be a goldmine. JMHO.

[SAMWolf]

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Bunny. How are you?

Everybody have fun tonight….

Wang Chung, Everybody Have Fun Tonight

[HiJinx]

Well, it could be they're up to something.
Or it could be they're all mellowed out from their celebration of the 4th.
I'd hope for the latter and prepare for the former, if I were you!!!

[SAMWolf]

We always have fun at the Canteen.

[Victoria Delsoul]

You bet!

[Aquamarine]

I hope you all don't mind but I just wanted to set off some fireworks and play Stars and Stripes one more time before the 4th of July week-end is over.

Click on the Flag.

[HiJinx]

Whoops, there it is, SAM!!!!
They're fixin' to hog tie ya' and sling ya' over the ol' mechanical bull!!!
'Course, if it's the Gilley's in Vegas, that might not be so bad...you'd get to see Bunny before she meets Cobby in Fresno!!!

[COB1]

Perfect analogy, HJ!
I was playing a game which dealt with historical matters when the idea occurred to me.

[Victoria Delsoul]

That poem is so beautiful, Aqua. Thanks so much.

[SAMWolf]

"They're fixin' to hog tie ya' and sling ya' over the ol' mechanical bull!!!"

HMMMMMM Hog tied? Let me think about that for a minute.

[Victoria Delsoul]

They're fixin' to hog tie ya' and sling ya' over the ol' mechanical bull!!!

Really? No problem. Send them in! LOL!!!

The weathergirls, It's Raining Men

[SAMWolf]

Well. Not the best. but in the top 10 maybe.

[SAMWolf]

It's not raining men, those are just volcano rejects getting spit back out.

[Victoria Delsoul]

That's sooo neat, Aquamarine. Thanks kindly.

[HiJinx]

Oh no! I'm busting a gut here, that's too funny!!!
Shoot, it ain't ever gonna be that easy!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Okay, LOL.

[LadyX]

Thanks to you and the Other Music-Providers in the Canteen, we always have fun!

Your hard work is appreciated..:)))