Crudos, congrats on the new house!!!
Today Lee retreaded from Gettysburg after a 3 day intensive battle that saw 48,000 men killed, wounded or mia.
Today is my mom's B-day. She is 80.
My grandad (My mom's father) died on July 4th 1966
My great uncle (My mom's uncle) died on July 4the 1968
I and 40 like minded individuals took turns reading the Declaration of Independence at the WW 1 memorial this morning. The sad thing was though, all but a handfull were 45 or older and most were over 60.
Post the reading there was a quick discussion of the sinking of the Gaspee, a Bristish Tax collecting ship in RI waters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasp%C3%A9e_AffairI forgot about this little act of defiance.
Happy 4th and thanks to all of the veterans that have made it possible to celebrate this day over 236 years later.