Grace
Level 6 Member
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Registered: 2009-11-25
Location: a garden
 |  Subject: Happy Fourth of July 2010-07-03, 4:28 pm | |
| Happy 4th!! (and cantha weekend too) love ya all. ttyl. ps. wheres da fireworks at?  |
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Scott Ware
Level 6 Member
Posts: 1262
Registered: 2009-07-10
Location: Deep in the Heart of Tx!
| | Subject: Re: Happy Fourth of July 2010-07-04, 11:14 am | |
| Same to you, Grace. And everyone else.
To all those who have served.. A HUGE Thank you! |
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Link
Level 5 Member
Posts: 942
Registered: 2009-07-04
Age: 18
Location: England, UK
| | Subject: Re: Happy Fourth of July 2010-07-04, 3:49 pm | |
| Happy fourth, my American buddies!
Quick question:
What's the celebration about on July 4th? |
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TideSwayer
Administrator
Posts: 3613
Registered: 2009-03-17
| | Subject: Re: Happy Fourth of July 2010-07-04, 4:25 pm | |
| | Link Of The Desert wrote: | Happy fourth, my American buddies!
Quick question:
What's the celebration about on July 4th? |
This is the day we declared our independence from England back in 1776. (You rat bastards trying to tax us hard-working colonials without giving us due representation in the English government!  ) July 4th is more formally known as American Independence Day. While the "we're our own country" movement and rebellion among the American colonialists had begun quite some time prior, this was the day it was formally recognized by our leaders of the time. The American Revolutionary War was already well underway, but it was at this moment on July 4th, 1776 that there was no turning back for our newly-declared country. It was either win our independence or die trying. Up until that point there were plenty of aristocrats who wanted to make peace with England to more or less save their own asses as Britain had a HUGE advantage over us.
The American Revolutionary War is something I have a big interest in because many of the key battles were fought in my neck of the woods. The Battle Of Saratoga, for instance, was the turning point in the war itself. It took place only 25 minutes to the north of me in, you guessed it, Saratoga. These days Saratoga is known for summer horse racing/gambling by the middle-aged and for being an incredible party town on the weekends by the college-aged. (I can confirm the latter!  ) In the middle of town there's a huge park which is a portion of the original Saratoga battleground. My home area of Albany was a key pivotal area in the Revolutionary War as well.
For all the flak France gets today for being a pussy, back then they really bailed us out and helped us win our independence. One hundred years after we declared our independence, France gave our country the Statue Of Liberty as a gift to commemorate that.
Wiki page for the American Revolutionary War:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolutionary_War
Happy 4th of July, my fellow Americans!______________________  |
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blakeparthenay
Level 2 Member
Posts: 241
Registered: 2009-05-01
Age: 19
Location: Vancouver WA
| | Subject: Re: Happy Fourth of July 2010-07-04, 5:47 pm | |
| i enjoyed the history lesson steve! i really did, im a huge history freak, i knew much of what you said, up until the specific battle part. but nice! theres history here in Washington and the coast, but nothing like the north east states. (lucky bastards).. |
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