Happy 4th of July!

[piller]

It is a little early, but I am going to be very busy for the next 4 days at work and probably won't get to be back here until Monday. So, I hope everyone here has a Happy 4th of July! To our English friends on here, I'll raise a toast on the 5th of November for you, but I probably won't burn any effigy.

[rock-steady]

No disrepect intended, but the holiday is Independence Day, not 4th of July. So happy Independence Day y'all!

Down here we also remember Gettysburg and Vicksburg on July 4.

[Ysabel Kid]

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

If you can read those lines without feeling a chill, without a swell of pride, then no patriot blood courses through your veins!

Of course, a further line may apply to us again shortly.

"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..."

Happy Independence Day fellow patriots. Keep your powder dry!

[madman4570]

No disrepect intended, but the holiday is Independence Day, not 4th of July. So happy Independence Day y'all!

Down here we also remember Gettysburg and Vicksburg on July 4.

Offical definition on Gov website----------


Fourth of July is Independence Day
Independence Day honors the birthday of the United States of America and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It's a day of picnics and patriotic parades, a night of concerts and fireworks, and a reason to fly the American flag.

Either/OR

Happy July 4th/Independence Day--------"everyone"--------God Bless America!

[Doc Hudson]

No disrepect intended, but the holiday is Independence Day, not 4th of July. So happy Independence Day y'all!

Down here we also remember Gettysburg and Vicksburg on July 4.

Thank you for saving me the trouble of making that point.

"4th of July" celebrations rather than Independence Day Celebrations are a sore point for me. You did a good job of pointing out the difference, I'd probably come off sounding like a horse's patoot.

FWIW, there were no public celebrations on July 4th in the City of Vicksburg from 1863 until around 1970. Officially, July 4th was a day of prayer and remembrance in Vicksburg.

[pokey]

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[futura]

Way to go America.
Your neighbours to the north salute you.
Happy Independence Day.

[Renegade Master]

Happy Independence Day guys, from "over the pond"

[Steve Collins]

I posted this yesterday on my blog:

http://guntime.blogspot.com/

I didn't write it, but thought it good enough to put up.

[gamekeeper]

Happy Independence Day guys, from "over the pond"

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[RKrodle]

Happy 4th of July Piller.

[Big Bore 94]

July 4, 1863 The Battle of Helena. A veteran said "I would rather buck a hoodoo, then take on old glory on Independence Day".