4th of July. Remeber those who made it so

old · Jul 4, 2013

Since I have not seen it said lets remember those who served to make this day what it is and those who gave there all and died so others could party and all this day

SweetFeet · Jul 4, 2013

Amen, old!
Parades and parties, fireworks and firewater-ed celebrations happen ONLY because so many sacrificed life and limb for our freedom.

Tx Jim · Jul 4, 2013

I totally agree!

Tony in Mass. · Jul 4, 2013

The Continental army and navy was less than 2% of the colonial population, and less than half their families wanted independence, and those guys came back to harping at home, bill collectors wanting 8 years of interest, endless unemployment, worthless farm incomes and a new breed of tax assessor. Nothing like that even happened to US veterans since, but no one remembers the Continental Yankee Doodles.... over a dozen buried in my town...

Bob Bancroft · Jul 4, 2013

Didn't time it this way, but just about finished reading Nathaniel Philbrick's "Bunker Hill". Some may disagree with some of his conclusions, but the research/history/narrative is amazing. This is the kind of thing that should be required reading.

otis2n · Jul 4, 2013

Old, I share the feeling. And Tony, I understand where you're coming from, too, but I will respectfully take exception to your last statement. I grew up in a small Connecticut town about a mile from a house built in 1755 which still stands. The fellow who built that house was a Captain in the militia and was ordered to New York to join General Washington's forces. He died on the way back home and never saw his youngest son, born after he left. That son grew up to have a family of his own and so on. I remind my son and daughter that if they'd like to connect with that bit of our Country's history, just take their pluse. It's the same blood passed from generation to generation.

old · Jul 4, 2013

Do not agree with you all the way. The Vietnam vets came home to being spit at and called names maybe not as bad as what happened in 1776 but bad any how

Bill(Wis) · Jul 4, 2013

A letter from a Japanese prison ship by a Lt Tom Kennedy during WWII (The Big One) written on the back of a photo he'd been carrying reads: " Momie and Dad: It's pretty hard to check out this way without a fighting chance to ever see you again. I'm not afraid to die. I just hate the thought of not seeing you again". His parents never heard from him again.
A young teenage soldier during the American Revolution wrote to his "honored parents" to say that he'd been shot in the head but hoped he would get well again. His name was Henry Johnson and he returned home to New Jersey and became a shoemaker.

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