Things to know about July 4th.
Below are some of the things about America we needed to get us
right up to when we let our guard down and almost lost all control.
July 4th has many significant events attached to why Americans,
true patriotic Americans want to hold onto our heritage and what it
has meant over the decades.
On this day:
* The obviously most significant thing was the Declaration of
Independence was adopted. (1776)
* U.S. Military Academy at West Point officially opened. (1802)
* Louisiana Purchase signed, then announced on July 4th (1803)
* Work began on the Erie Canal (1817). Completed in 1825.
* Thomas Jefferson (1826), John Adams (1826), and James Monroe
(1831) each died on July 4th. Two on the same day.
* New York City abolished slavery (1827) 42% were slave owners.
* "My Country, 'Tis of Thee' first performed (1831)
* Texas joined the United States. Texas Congress annexed (1845)
* General Lee withdrew at Gettysburg. They never recovered (1863)
* 1st celebration of Independence Day as federal holiday. (1870)
* Paris gave us the Statue of Liberty. (1884) Was unveiled (1885)
Then there were many profound things said on that day throughout
history.
* Famous quotes for July 4th:
Adlai Stevenson: "America is much more than a geographical fact.
It's a political and moral fact, the first community in which men set
out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government,
and human equality."
Woodrow Wilson: "The American Revolution was a beginning, not a
consummation."
Daniel Webster: "May the sun in his course visit no land more free,
more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!"
John Dickinson: "Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all! By
uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
Hamilton Fish: "If our country is worth dying for in time of war
let us resolve that it is truly worth living for in time of peace."
Thomas Paine: "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom,
must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
James G. Blaine: "The United States is only country with a known
birthday."
Paul Sweeney: "How often we fail to realize our good fortune in
living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy."
Gerald Stanley Lee: "America is a tune. It must be sung together."
John F. Kennedy: "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your
country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. My
fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you,
but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, 1863: "Four score and seven
years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation,
conceived in liberty, dedicated to the proposition that all men are
created equal."
What does it mean now and what should it mean?
A group of Marxist minded, socialist minded, Communist minded,
hate filled people living here are working hard to destroy our culture
and traditions. This includes members of the Democratic Party who made
attempts to "transform America" into something they won't tell us
about nor have they requested our help, except demand we vote with
them.
These treasonous, subversive and greedy power hungry people only
interested in control of all facets of our lives. They've been working
toward this takeover for decades. We ALL have to fight for the future
of our families and our freedoms. They have shredded our Constitution
with corrupt judges and strut with visible arrogance that should scare
us all. Though they act entitled, we have to let them know, THEY ARE
NOT.
I refuse to call them Americans until they act like they belong
here.
They scoff at patriotism of real patriots and can not wait to
destroy all that July 4th represents.
They've to transform themselves into lawful citizens or leave.
They can not continue to have it both ways.
The Lord is our guardian and deliverer. Pray for America.
Conservatively,
John
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