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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2013 10:45:45 GMT -6
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY... HAVE FUN & STAY SAFE...
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2013 10:49:54 GMT -6
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2013 12:38:58 GMT -6
Paul @paulthealien Happy Independence Day America. If you feel like going out and kicking some alien butt, just make sure it's not mine.
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2013 12:43:46 GMT -6
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120704-4th-of-july-fourth-myths-google-doodle-nation-independence-day/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20130704news-myths4th&utm_campaign=Content4th of July: Nine Myths Debunked Paul Revere didn't ride solo, for one.
Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson (left to right) draft the Declaration of Independence. Illustration courtesy Jean Leon Gerome Ferris, Library of Congress bob Handwerk for National Geographic News Updated 4th of July, 2012 Many time-honored patriotic tales turn out to be more fiction than fact. On the 4th of July—marked in 2012 by a continent-spanning Google doodle—here's a look at some memorable myths from the birth of the United States. (Also see "Fourth of July Facts: First Fests, Number of Fireworks, More.") 1. The Declaration of Independence Was Signed on July 4 Independence Day is celebrated two days too late. The Second Continental Congress voted for a Declaration of Independence on July 2, prompting John Adams to write his wife, "I am apt to believe that [July 2, 1776], will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival." Adams correctly foresaw shows, games, sports, buns, bells, and bonfires—but he got the date wrong. The written document wasn't edited and approved until the Fourth of July, and that was the date printers affixed to "broadside" announcements sent out across the land. July 2 was soon forgotten. (Related: "U.S. Independence Celebrated on the Wrong Day?") In fact, no one actually signed the Declaration of Independence at any time during July 1776. Signing began on August 2, with John Hancock's famously bold scribble, and wasn't completed until late November. (Related: "Fourth of July: Sun Farthest From Earth Today—So Why So Hot?") 2. Paul Revere Rode Solo Patriot Paul Revere really did hit the road on the night of April 18, 1775, to alert the countryside that British troops were on the move. But the image of an inspired, lone rider isn't accurate. Revere was part of a low-tech—but highly effective—early-warning system. The system did include lanterns at Boston's Old North Church, from whose steeple the church sexton, Robert Newman, held two lanterns as a signal that the British were coming. However Revere wasn't watching for them that night. Revere and fellow rider William Dawes, who was sent by a different route, successfully reached Lexington, Massachusetts, to warn Samuel Adams and John Hancock that they'd likely be arrested. But Revere and Dawes were captured by the British with third rider Samuel Prescott soon afterward. The liberties later taken with the Revere legend weren't mistakes but deliberate mythmaking by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, who intended his famous 19th-century poem to stoke patriotism on the eve of the Civil War. The ride's real story is told at Paul Revere House, the Boston museum where Revere once lived and from which he left on that fateful night. 3. July 4, 1776, Party Cracked the Liberty Bell U.S. independence surely prompted a party, but joyful patriots didn't ring the Liberty Bell until it cracked on July 4, 1776. In fact the State House Bell likely didn't ring at all that day. It probably did ring, along with the city's other bells, to herald the first public readings of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, according to a history of the bell published by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. As for that crack, well, the bell had been poorly cast and cracked soon after its arrival in 1752. The bell was subsequently recast, and recracked, several times but was intact during the Revolutionary War. Today's iconic crack actually appeared sometime during the 19th century, though the exact date is in dispute. It was also during this period that the bell became popularly known as the Liberty Bell—a term coined by abolitionists. CONTINUE READING: news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/07/120704-4th-of-july-fourth-myths-google-doodle-nation-independence-day/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20130704news-myths4th&utm_campaign=Content
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2013 12:57:41 GMT -6
www.space.com/21848-ngc-3603-space-wallpaper.html?cmpid=514648 Celestial Fireworks About this Image Like a July 4 fireworks display, a young, glittering collection of stars looks like an aerial burst, as seen in this space wallpaper. The cluster is surrounded by clouds of interstellar gas and dust—the raw material for new star formation. The nebula, located 20,000 light-years away in the constellation Carina, contains a central cluster of huge, hot stars, called NGC 3603. Credit: NASA, ESA, R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), F. Paresce (National Institute for Astrophysics, Bologna, Italy), E. Young (Universities Space Research Association/Ames Research Center), the WFC3 Science Oversight Committee, and the Hubble Heritage Team www.space.com/21848-ngc-3603-space-wallpaper.html?cmpid=514648
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 13:26:42 GMT -6
Happy fourth of July everyone!!
I'll be working until late tonight...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2013 16:17:42 GMT -6
(I knew the actual thread was here somewhere) happy 4th Everyone!
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Post by lois on Jul 4, 2013 18:46:13 GMT -6
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Post by skywalker on Jul 5, 2013 19:28:45 GMT -6
Elvis is The King. That dude could sing anything and make it sound good.
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Post by lois on Jul 5, 2013 22:10:03 GMT -6
Elvis is The King. That dude could sing anything and make it sound good. Yes he could.
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Post by auntym on Jul 3, 2014 22:54:32 GMT -6
HAPPY 4th of JULY everyone... stay safe...
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2014 12:03:11 GMT -6
/photo/1 @nasa Red, white & blue from the space station to you! #ISS image from 2011 of Earth's atmospheric layers:
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Post by swamprat on Jun 27, 2015 10:21:42 GMT -6
Authorities warn of possible terror threats around July 4thFriday, June 26 2015
Washington (CNN) Authorities are warning of possible terrorist threats around the July 4 holiday, several law enforcement officials told CNN on Friday.
The Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the National Counterterrorism Center issued a joint intelligence bulletin to law enforcement across the U.S.
The bulletin doesn't warn of any known active plots. But it serves as a general warning of heightened threats. It says extremists could launch attacks tied to Independence Day or in reaction to perceived defamation of the Prophet Mohammed.
CNN reported in recent weeks that U.S. law enforcement officials believe the Islamist terrorist threat is the highest in years. The officials have raised concern about possible domestic attacks tied to the July 4 holiday and the upcoming visit of Pope Francis.
The FBI and the Justice Department's national security division have moved aggressively in recent weeks to arrest and charge extremists thought to be plotting attacks or supporting groups such as ISIS. The FBI has increased its surveillance and monitoring of some suspects.
Also on Friday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson issued a statement in response to the attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait, saying in part, "Particularly with the upcoming July 4th holiday here in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI continue to communicate with state and local law enforcement about what we know and see.
"We are encouraging all law enforcement to be vigilant and prepared," the statement continued. "We will also adjust security measures, seen and unseen, as necessary to protect the American people."
www.weartv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/authorities-warn-possible-terror-threats-around-july-4th-58536.shtml#.VY7MU0Yjb-R
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Post by paulette on Jun 27, 2015 22:37:39 GMT -6
Welcome to our new world. Scattered crazies with fundamentalist agendas can strike terror just by talking about striking terror. Meanwhile a man with a beach umbrella (which is really a gun) shoots up 32 tourists in Tunesia and shuts down Turkey's tourist income (desperately needed).
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2015 14:31:14 GMT -6
www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence?cmpid=Social_TWITTER_HISTORY_20150704_202768732&linkId=15262740Declaration of IndependenceWhen armed conflict between bands of American colonists and British soldiers began in April 1775, the Americans were ostensibly fighting only for their rights as subjects of the British crown. By the following summer, with the Revolutionary War in full swing, the movement for independence from Britain had grown, and delegates of the Continental Congress were faced with a vote on the issue. In mid-June 1776, a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies’ intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence–written largely by Jefferson–in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. Before the Declaration of IndependenceEven after the initial battles in the Revolutionary War broke out, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did–like John Adams– were considered radical. Things changed over the course of the next year, however, as Britain attempted to crush the rebels with all the force of its great army. In his message to Parliament in October 1775, King George III railed against the rebellious colonies and ordered the enlargement of the royal army and navy. News of his words reached America in January 1776, strengthening the radicals’ cause and leading many conservatives to abandon their hopes of reconciliation. That same month, the recent British immigrant Thomas Paine published “Common Sense,” in which he argued that independence was a “natural right” and the only possible course for the colonies; the pamphlet sold more than 150,000 copies in its first few weeks in publication. Did You Know? Most Americans did not know Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence until the 1790s; before that, the document was seen as a collective effort by the entire Continental Congress. In March 1776, North Carolina’s revolutionary convention became the first to vote in favor of independence; seven other colonies had followed suit by mid-May. On June 7, the Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced a motion calling for the colonies’ independence before the Continental Congress when it met at the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence Hall) in Philadelphia. Amid heated debate, Congress postponed the vote on Lee’s resolution and called a recess for several weeks. Before departing, however, the delegates also appointed a five-man committee–including Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Robert R. Livingston of New York–to draft a formal statement justifying the break with Great Britain. That document would become known as the Declaration of Independence. CONTINUE READING: www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/declaration-of-independence?cmpid=Social_TWITTER_HISTORY_20150704_202768732&linkId=15262740
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2015 14:41:54 GMT -6
STAY SAFE EVERYONE...
Happy Fourth of July From The Muppets! Published on Jul 2, 2015 Sam the Eagle and the Muppets wish you a very happy and safe Fourth of July!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 18:57:33 GMT -6
As I sit here and type this I hear fireworks going off in every direction,,,,,,,, Several airplanes are flying overhead putting on an airshow,,,,,,, In the midst of it all a bald eagle flies directly above my house,,,,,, seriously ! HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA !
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2015 21:40:13 GMT -6
Ha ha ha ha sometimes you just gotta laugh! Skywalker, I told myself if this stoopid thing went by AGAIN on the exact same path as 3 times before, I'd get you some pictures! I hope they turn out! It looks like a lantern thingy (of course) but it sure must be very sturdy (with all the other fireworks going off around it)! And there MUST be a special, one and only breeze that makes it go just the same everytime! I started laughing on the second one. On the third one, I got too loud, and my mum came out wanting to know why I was laughing! At first, she couldn't see it, and I said to myself "great". But I did get her to see it (among all the high-dollar raging fireworks) and you know what she said? I said, "thats a lantern just floating over the house there, see that thing flickering?" She said. "that's just an airplane" EXACTLY. and I hugged her, and she went back to bed. Waiting for the FIFTH fly-over. Same path. Same speed. What a nice drone!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2015 20:27:15 GMT -6
Of course the pictures didn't turn out. I was using my "smart" phone
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Post by auntym on Jul 1, 2017 15:25:07 GMT -6
news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/red--white--and-blue-animals-for-the-fourth-of-july/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20170701news-waqjuly4th&utm_campaign=Content&sf94639901=1 Red, White, and Blue Animals for the Fourth of July Some creatures are born ready to celebrate.The polka-dot wasp moth is native to the Caribbean. Photograph by Florida Images, Alamy By Liz Langley / www.nationalgeographic.com/contributors/l/liz-langley/PUBLISHED July 1, 2017 Independence Day in the United States is coming up, and the red, white, and blue will be flying—and fluttering, and swimming, and skittering. Polka-Dot Wasp MothSo is it a wasp or a moth? It looks wasp-like, but this is a moth, native to the Caribbean and also inhabiting Florida and Georgia. The only plant this moth’s caterpillar offspring will chow down on is oleander, hence its other common name, the oleander moth. As a caterpillar it is orange, covered in what look like patches of false eyelash. But after it has matured in its cocoon of silk, it emerges red, white, and blue, flying in the breeze. MORE: news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/07/red--white--and-blue-animals-for-the-fourth-of-july/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_tw20170701news-waqjuly4th&utm_campaign=Content&sf94639901=1
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Post by auntym on Jul 1, 2017 18:38:05 GMT -6
A Capital Fourth : The Muppets
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Post by swamprat on Jul 2, 2017 8:47:09 GMT -6
Have another Bud Lite:
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2017 12:32:36 GMT -6
www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-declares-independence?cmpid=TWITTER_TWITTER__20170704&linkId=392918431776 U.S. declares independenceIn Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king. The declaration came 442 days after the first volleys of the American Revolution were fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts and marked an ideological expansion of the conflict that would eventually encourage France’s intervention on behalf of the Patriots. The first major American opposition to British policy came in 1765 after Parliament passed the Stamp Act, a taxation measure to raise revenues for a standing British army in America. Under the banner of “no taxation without representation,” colonists convened the Stamp Act Congress in October 1765 to vocalize their opposition to the tax. With its enactment in November, most colonists called for a boycott of British goods, and some organized attacks on the customhouses and homes of tax collectors. After months of protest in the colonies, Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766. Most colonists continued to quietly accept British rule until Parliament’s enactment of the Tea Act in 1773, a bill designed to save the faltering East India Company by greatly lowering its tea tax and granting it a monopoly on the American tea trade. The low tax allowed the East India Company to undercut even tea smuggled into America by Dutch traders, and many colonists viewed the act as another example of taxation tyranny. In response, militant Patriots in Massachusetts organized the “Boston Tea Party,” which saw British tea valued at some 18,000 pounds dumped into Boston Harbor. Parliament, outraged by the Boston Tea Party and other blatant acts of destruction of British property, enacted the Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, in 1774. The Coercive Acts closed Boston to merchant shipping, established formal British military rule in Massachusetts, made British officials immune to criminal prosecution in America, and required colonists to quarter British troops. The colonists subsequently called the first Continental Congress to consider a united American resistance to the British. With the other colonies watching intently, Massachusetts led the resistance to the British, forming a shadow revolutionary government and establishing militias to resist the increasing British military presence across the colony. In April 1775, Thomas Gage, the British governor of Massachusetts, ordered British troops to march to Concord, Massachusetts, where a Patriot arsenal was known to be located. On April 19, 1775, the British regulars encountered a group of American militiamen at Lexington, and the first shots of the American Revolution were fired. Initially, both the Americans and the British saw the conflict as a kind of civil war within the British Empire: To King George III it was a colonial rebellion, and to the Americans it was a struggle for their rights as British citizens. However, Parliament remained unwilling to negotiate with the American rebels and instead purchased German mercenaries to help the British army crush the rebellion. In response to Britain’s continued opposition to reform, the Continental Congress began to pass measures abolishing British authority in the colonies. In January 1776, Thomas Paine published Common Sense, an influential political pamphlet that convincingly argued for American independence and sold more than 500,000 copies in a few months. In the spring of 1776, support for independence swept the colonies, the Continental Congress called for states to form their own governments, and a five-man committee was assigned to draft a declaration. The Declaration of Independence was largely the work of Virginian Thomas Jefferson. In justifying American independence, Jefferson drew generously from the political philosophy of John Locke, an advocate of natural rights, and from the work of other English theorists. The first section features the famous lines, “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.” The second part presents a long list of grievances that provided the rationale for rebellion. On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to approve a Virginia motion calling for separation from Britain. The dramatic words of this resolution were added to the closing of the Declaration of Independence. Two days later, on July 4, the declaration was formally adopted by 12 colonies after minor revision. New York approved it on July 19. On August 2, the declaration was signed. The American War for Independence would last for five more years. Yet to come were the Patriot triumphs at Saratoga, the bitter winter at Valley Forge, the intervention of the French, and the final victory at Yorktown in 1781. In 1783, with the signing of the Treaty of Paris with Britain, the United States formally became a free and independent nation. www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-declares-independence?cmpid=TWITTER_TWITTER__20170704&linkId=39291843
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2017 12:46:43 GMT -6
www.google.com/doodles/fourth-of-july-2017July 4, 2017 Fourth of July 2017Whether you know it as the Fourth of July, Independence Day, or simply America’s birthday, today’s Doodle commemorates an important day in U.S. history. 241 years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to adopt the Declaration of Independence, a document proclaiming freedom from Great Britain. And thus the United States of America was born. Each year on this day, Americans from coast to coast unite to celebrate the birth of their country with traditions such as parades, firework displays, and barbecuing with family and friends. Today’s Doodle is inspired by Stephen Mather (also born July 4), a noted conservationist and the first director of the National Parks Service. Often hailed as “America’s Best Idea,” the NPS was created by President Woodrow Wilson in 1916. Over a century old, America’s national parks span 84 million acres and host more than 275 million visitors every year. However you spend this Fourth of July, we hope you'll join us in wishing America a very happy birthday! www.google.com/doodles/fourth-of-july-2017
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2017 12:54:02 GMT -6
www.cnn.com/travel/gallery/best-places-to-watch-fireworks/index.html?galleryBest places to watch fireworks on July 4thPhiladelphia: Where better to celebrate America's independence than its birthplace? Following a week-long celebration, July Fourth kicks off with a mega parade, continues with food and entertainment on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, and crescendos with a concert featuring Boyz II Men and Mary J. Blige. The evening caps with not one, but two wow-worthy firework displays in separate locales.Disney World: AAA reports that Orlando holds the top spot for summer travel thanks to new attractions. The Walt Disney World Resorts are also a perennial favorite for their over-the-top Fourth of July fireworks. Stake out a spot for the bucket-list Magic Kingdom show on July 3 and 4, complete with star-spangled light projections. MORE PHOTOS: www.cnn.com/travel/gallery/best-places-to-watch-fireworks/index.html?gallery
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Post by jcurio on Jul 5, 2017 17:00:46 GMT -6
Had a wonderful 4th again! 😁😃
And again, had that "fly-by" of the mysterious, impervious to everything, Chinese-lantern-thingy!!
And it was pouring down rain for miles around us ! (But regular fireworks having no trouble with the rain).
😲😲
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2018 12:21:33 GMT -6
STAY SAFE
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2018 13:07:48 GMT -6
HAPPY FOURTH... ... STAY SAFE THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH
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Post by randy on Jul 4, 2018 13:24:40 GMT -6
happy boom day. You may be intersted to know that Facebooks computer declared the Declaration of independence to be hate speech and thus wanted to ban it LOL
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Post by auntym on Jul 4, 2019 12:49:12 GMT -6
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