Happy Independence Day 2024!
Get out there and grill something!
Thursday, July 4, 2024 by DrJBHL | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Happy Fourth, folks! Hope you all have a safe, wonderful day with friends, neighbors and family!
Love that picture!
Don't forget the folks who made it and continue to make it possible...our armed forces, intelligence community, and emergency services. Grill a burger and hoist one for them, too!
Celebrate our independence.
Celebrate our freedom!
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Reply #1 Thursday, July 4, 2024 7:45 AM
Remember how we got here, remember the journey isn’t over, and remember we’re all in this together
July 04, 2024, from the Washing VFW
On July 4, 248 years ago, the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, but it would take about a month before any one of the delegates actually signed their name. Not everyone’s home assembly was on board with the vote. In fact, there were many in the colonies that still had feelings for the crown and didn’t want to leave the familiar harbor of the British Empire.
For a myriad of reasons, these naysayers were resistant to change and would not go along with their fellow country men and women on what they felt was a radical, dangerous and ill-advised journey. This new form of government was headed into uncharted territory. Nevertheless, the sails of patriotism were hoisted and filled, and the ship called the United States of America had left port. It’s hard to fight against a vessel that is already underway.
The Founding Fathers would helm the country through eight more years of the storm and raging sea that was the American Revolution. It would take faith, courage, dedication, selfless sacrifice and perseverance before they would finally make it to clear skies and still waters. The hope of freedom sustained them and would eventually deliver the American people to an endless ocean of promise for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for them and future generations to strive for.
This Independence Day, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) asks every American to remember how we got here, remember the journey isn’t over, and remember we are all in this boat together.
Happy 248th birthday, America. Celebrate it.