~~~HAPPY 4th OF JULY~~~

[handcannon]

HAPPY 4thOF JULY!!!!
Many thanks to all of our armed forces, active or retired, for the sacrifices and services given to our great nation. God Bless!!!

[turkey slayer]

 

[spurman]

 

[SumToy]

 

Happy 4th to all

[Big Timber]

 

[tomstopper]

 

[TrackeySauresRex]

Happy Independence Day to all, and God Bless America! 

[slamman]

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[Sherrell]

 

[TRKYHTR]

Happy 4th of July.

TRKYHTR

[ctwny1]

Happy 4th Of July everybody. Enjoy your day with family and friends and be safe.

[kamski1151]

  Happy 4TH

[eaglea1]

  HAPPY 4TH EVERYONE  (sent from work  )

[Muskie03]

Happy 4th to my fellow americans~ sent from Canada

[GSLAM95]

I received the attached earlier today and after reading it really makes one stop and think how truly blessed we are and can only hope that this country gets back on track with some honest politicians (I know those two words don't go together) in the years to come.
In my opinion the unbalanced import/export trade and immigration are the two biggest things that have gotten totally out of control and led us to where we are now.  We need honest leadership which seems impossible to find anymore.  It is a shame that the honest working American will never be the one who gets elected.
If you look at any candidate (no matter the party) it seems they always come come from a family of wealth and when elected seem to have the wrong reasons for being in office.  It takes a lot of $ just to be able to run a campaign.  I have seen the corruption from both sides and don't see any light at the end of the tunnel.

God help us all.....


A humble history lesson for all of us!

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men

who signed the Declaration of Independence ?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors,

and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army;

another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or

hardships of the Revolutionary War.

They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes,

and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.

Eleven were merchants,

nine were farmers and large plantation owners;

men of means, well educated,

but they signed the Declaration of Independence

knowing full well that the penalty would be death if

they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and

trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the

British Navy. He sold his home and properties to

pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British

that he was forced to move his family almost constantly.

He served in the Congress without pay, and his family

was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him,

and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer,

Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that

the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson

home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General

George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed,

and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed.

The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying.

Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill

were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests

and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his

children vanished.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and

silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!

I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many

people as you can, please. It's time we get the word out that patriotism

is NOT a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer,

picnics, and baseball games.