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USO Canteen FReeper Style....Liberty R&R Goes to Virginia Join Us .......July 6,2002
Aquamarine and Snow Bunny
Posted on 07/06/2002 2:56:20 AM PDT by Snow Bunny
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Monticello.......Thomas Jeffersons 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 cant 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.
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To: HiJinx
Shoot, it ain't ever gonna be that easy!! Oh yeah, very easy
I'm gonna wash that man... right out-a my hair
Weathergirls
To: Victoria Delsoul; COB1
I'm happy that you liked it. The poem does a good job of helping you feel their loss. I'm on a History kick today so here is one more important piece of our history.
INDEPENDENCE DAY PERSPECTIVE FROM OUR SECOND PRESIDENT TO THE FIRST LADY
"[This day] will be the most memorable epic in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the Day of Deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of this continent to the other from this time forward forever more."
--John Adams to Abigail Adams on July 4, 1776 WORDS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF INDEPENDENCE
To: LadyX
You're very welcome. :-)
To: Victoria Delsoul; Aquamarine; All
Snow Bunny is doing a other reboot, she'll be back.
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posted on
07/06/2002 8:18:51 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
To: SAMWolf
Thanks Sam. I get the same troubles with my eeeeevil puter.
To: SAMWolf; Snow Bunny
I've had to reboot twice tonight myself. I finally learned to stop my music player before playing another song. That seems to be what is making my screen freeze up.
To: Aquamarine
Amen! Great post. Thank you.
To: Victoria Delsoul
Well, I'll tell your weathergirls what...
If they keep treatin' guys like they're a dime-a-dozen,
Eventually they won't be able to find one worth more than a plugged nickel!
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posted on
07/06/2002 8:25:15 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
To: SAMWolf
Johnny Mathis, When sunny gets blue
To: HiJinx
LOL! I guess you're right. So let's just forget about them.
Will To Power, Baby I love your way.
To: HiJinx; SAMWolf; Snow Bunny
"you'd get to see Bunny before she meets Cobby in Fresno!!!" If he wants to have a snowball's chance in hell with that pretty lady, he'd better see her before Fresno!
Once I lay another Texas hug on her, you guys might as well call in the dogs and put out the fire.
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posted on
07/06/2002 8:29:17 PM PDT
by
COB1
To: souris
Souris, these are wonderful!!!! I love your posts, thank you sooooo much. Fantastic.
To: Victoria Delsoul
Thanks you Victoria.
Johnny Mathis is always easy to listen to.
Kind of song you share with a lady on a nice evening.
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posted on
07/06/2002 8:33:33 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
To: *USO Canteen
I've enjoyed spending Liberty R&R with you guys so much but I,m going to have to turn in now. I hope everyone continues to have an enjoyable week-end...and I hope SB gets her computer straightened out.
To: COB1; HiJinx; Snow Bunny
That's ok, I'm not worried.
Once she sees Oregon she'll wonder why she even botherd going to Fresno.
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posted on
07/06/2002 8:36:46 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
To: Aquamarine
That is a good idea, thank you. I tried another thread to see if it was just here at the Canteen and it is just the same no matter what thread.
I just turned it off completely and then ran degrag. It seems better. Guess it was all the google I did before we left the house today for the Open House. I went to an awful lot of web sites for tomorrows thread. hahahaa
Computers sure have their own little personalities.
To: Aquamarine
Night Aquamarine.
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posted on
07/06/2002 8:37:22 PM PDT
by
SAMWolf
To: SAMWolf; COB1; HiJinx
giggle...I love you guys.
To: Aquamarine
Aqua, I'm not much into that poetry stuff, but that was a good poem.
Thank you for posting it.
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posted on
07/06/2002 8:39:05 PM PDT
by
COB1
To: Snow Bunny
Wow, That is so nice.
Thank you very much.
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