Unchained Preppers
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: JohnyMac on July 03, 2016, 09:56:56 AM
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I would like to suggest a few things as we enter the Independence Day holiday weekend.
1) Read the Declaration of Independence (http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/print_friendly.html?page=declaration_transcript_content.html&title=NARA+%7C+The+Declaration+of+Independence%3A+A+Transcription). It will take you 8 - 10 minutes. Each year for the last five, Karen and I along with 40-50 Tiverton, RI citizens in turn, read it at the towns war memorial. We won't be able to do it this year but we will still read it.
2) Try to stay away from wishing friends and family a "Happy 4th!" On the fourth we are not celebrating the 4th day of July, we are celebrating our Declaration of Independence from King George III and the British Parliament. Maybe wishing friends and family a "happy Independence Day" is more appropriate.
3) If you can rent the movie, "1776." It is a remake of the play by the same name. Karen and I watch it every year. It is a musical about the Declaration of Independence. We own the score which has all of the tunes in the play. As we travel around this Independence weekend, visiting friends and family, we will be singing along in the truck. :-D
Wishing all of my friends a wonderful and safe Independence Day holiday. Don't drink and... Drive, set off fireworks, grill, barb a que, exercise your 2A...You get the idea
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Wife and I will be going to Red Hill tomorrow.
http://www.redhill.org/ (http://www.redhill.org/)
Post war home of of Patrick Henry, with full reenactment of his speech at the St. John's Church, Richmond, Virginia
March 23, 1775.
MP3 attached below but is it 3 minutes of it. They also have the full 7 min MP3 of it. If you want full transcript of his 7 minute address and both MP3s click link below.
Nemo
https://www.history.org/almanack/life/politics/giveme.cfm (https://www.history.org/almanack/life/politics/giveme.cfm)
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Thank you for that, Nemo. Powerful.
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Happy Independence Day!
FYI the John Adams miniseries is available on Amazon Prime. I've been watching it and it's quite good, though as I'm not a student of the period I can't attest to its historical accuracy.
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Well, it's Hollywood, so it's not 100% accurate...but given how much time they spanned in such a brief series about such an amazing individual, is that really surprising? Treat it as a broad history of a very intelligent, motivated, well-intentioned, moral, somewhat flawed individual.
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Happy Independence Day!! :gunner:
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No thats a machine gun, we are not allowed to have them.
Gotta stick with a musket type thing. :boltAction:
Nemo
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Happy Independence Day!! :gunner:
SCARY ASSAULT WEAPONS WITH THE BLACK THINGY THAT FOLDS DOWN ARE NOT WHAT THE FOUNDING FATHERS INTENDED WHEN THEY WROTE THE 2ND AMENDMENT!!!!!!!!! :stir: :stir: :stir: :stir:
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Something also highly relevant.
Nemo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awtAljLyxc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awtAljLyxc)