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Registered: May 18, 2006
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This 4th of July between eating hot dogs untill you get sick and watching fireworks take a moment to stop and think. Remember what this holiday is really about. Freedom. In this country you can be free. You can decide who you want to run this nation and how. Not everyone is that lucky. Stop and pray for those who don't have that luxury. Also remember those men and women who loved freedom more than life itself. Those brave soldiers who gave their life so we could continue to celebrate. So this 4th take a moment to be thankfull to live in this great nation.
It must be lovely to wake up in the morning and understand everything.
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Registered: May 07, 2003
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I get the chills when I hear the national anthem, and when I see the flag...I can't even imagine a soldier's funeral. "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead **Vice President of the ITGHMC** http://tinyurl.com/393qnr |
Registered: August 14, 2004
Posts: 3132
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Go to a funeral with a flag draped coffin of a soldier that died for his country, look at the flag and listen to the National Anthem play at it, then listen to the Firing Squad salute, if you dont have a strange feeling just about everywhere there is something horribly wrong.
"So others may die" - USAF Intel Targeteer Motto (607th AIS)
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Registered: May 07, 2003
Posts: 7464
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I don't know...we use our leftover sparklers on Labor Day...  "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead **Vice President of the ITGHMC** http://tinyurl.com/393qnr |
Registered: February 26, 2002
Posts: 976
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Yea and the only one with fireworks ~ That makes it far superior than the rest of those patriotic holidays!
"The story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop."
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Registered: May 07, 2003
Posts: 7464
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Yeah, the US has many patriotic holidays...the 4th of July, Labor Day, Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, Lincoln's b-day, Washington's b-day, some new holiday called like Patriot's Day (I don't know if that is what it is called or not...It's more of a Hallmark holiday version of September 11) Independence Day is the big one though... "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead **Vice President of the ITGHMC** http://tinyurl.com/393qnr |
Registered: January 22, 2005
Posts: 716
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I didn't realise that it was the day of Independance. I know that the 4th is,I just didn't realise. However, I don't think a British version would work. There is no way that we are concocting asemi-state religion. Or if we do, no one will follow it.
Only simple and quiet words will ripen of themselves. For a whirlwind does not last a whole morning, nor does a sudden shower last the entire day.
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Registered: May 07, 2003
Posts: 7464
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Anyone else still get goosebumps when they hear the Star Spangled Banner and chills when they see the American flag flying in the breeze? I really couldn't imagine living anywhere but here. Yum, hot dogs...just another great thing about this nation...haha  "Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead **Vice President of the ITGHMC** http://tinyurl.com/393qnr |
Registered: February 26, 2002
Posts: 976
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amen to that I am thankful to live in a country like this!
"The story of my life. I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop."
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