Have a great 4th folks!
The flags are up and flying in the driveway!
The flags are up and flying in the driveway!
Happy 250th Birthday to the United States of America!
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Just had an air show over here in Howell. About 24 helicopters of all types just flew directly over our farm, slow and low from Lakehurst over to the beach. After 15 yrs. of living here, 1st time seeing something cool like that. Usually, we just see the supply and refueler aircraft.
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"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..."
They didn't really mean THAT, of course. Not ALL. They didn't mean women, or men who didn't own property, or Blacks (enslaved or otherwise). And certainly not the "merciless Indian Savages" cited later in the document.
But it was a start. A damn good start. An all-important start. The generations that followed have built on it. Progress has been made. Not in a straight line, but in Dr. King's words, the arc has bent toward justice.
Our record in those 250 years has been far from spotless. But I'll stack it up against anybody else's.
So... Happy Birthday to us. Not just to the U.S. To US. This land is your land, this land is my land, etc. etc.
I raise my glass to the next 250.
They didn't really mean THAT, of course. Not ALL. They didn't mean women, or men who didn't own property, or Blacks (enslaved or otherwise). And certainly not the "merciless Indian Savages" cited later in the document.
But it was a start. A damn good start. An all-important start. The generations that followed have built on it. Progress has been made. Not in a straight line, but in Dr. King's words, the arc has bent toward justice.
Our record in those 250 years has been far from spotless. But I'll stack it up against anybody else's.
So... Happy Birthday to us. Not just to the U.S. To US. This land is your land, this land is my land, etc. etc.
I raise my glass to the next 250.
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Have a great 4th folks!
The flags are up and flying in the driveway!
Flying my 100+ year old 48 star relic from great great grandad. Last time i flew it was after 9/11.
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence, announcing the colonies’ separation from Great Britain. The Constitution provides the legal and governmental framework for the United States. However, the Declaration, with its eloquent assertion “all Men are created equal,” is equally beloved by the American people.