Giaour Posted July 1, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 179 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3,941 Content Per Day: 0.55 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/28/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1964 Share Posted July 1, 2007 In the United States, Independence Day (commonly known as "the Fourth of July", "July 4th" or "America Day") is a federal holiday celebrating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, beer, picnics, baseball games, and various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Fireworks have been associated with the Fourth of July since 1777. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_...(United_States) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giaour Posted July 1, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 179 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3,941 Content Per Day: 0.55 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/28/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1964 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 I thought this was a very basic way to explain why we celebrate 4th of July. Why do we celebrate the 4th of July? by Kim Moon Most people in the United States celebrate the 4th of July, but do you know exactly why the holiday is so important to our country? Imagine how you would feel if someone older than you (maybe an older sister or brother) kept telling you what to do all of the time and kept taking more and more of your allowance. That is how the colonists felt in the years leading up to 1776. Great Britain kept trying to make the colonists follow more rules and pay higher taxes. People started getting mad and began making plans to be able to make their own rules. They no longer wanted Great Britain to be able to tell them what to do, so they decided to tell Great Britain that they were becoming an independent country. (To be independent means to take care of yourself, making your own rules and providing for your own needs.) <A TARGET="_blank" HREF="http://ad.doubleclick.net/click%3Bh=v8/3582/3/0/%2a/v%3B103954645%3B1-0%3B0%3B17160911%3B4307-300/250%3B21238615/21256508/1%3B%3B%7Eaopt%3D0/ff/ff/ff%3B%7Efdr%3D103260215%3B0-0%3B0%3B12669676%3B4307-300/250%3B21243746/21261639/1%3B%3B%7Eaopt%3D2/0/ff/0%3B%7Esscs%3D%3fhttp://www.bigbrainacademy.com"><IMG SRC="http://m1.2mdn.net/911828/300x250_BBA_mom_measure.jpg" BORDER=0></A> The Congress met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and they appointed a committee (a group of people working together to do a specific job) to write a formal document that would tell Great Britain that the Americans had decided to govern themselves. The committee asked Thomas Jefferson to write a draft (first try) of the document, so he worked for days, in absolute secret, until he had written a document that he thought said everything important that the committee had discussed. On June 28, 1776, the committee met to read Jefferson's "fair" copy (he put his best ideas together and wrote them neatly.) They revised (made some changes) the document and declared their independence on July 2, 1776. They officially adopted it (made it theirs) on July 4, 1776. That is why we call it "Independence Day." Congress ordered that all members must sign the Declaration of Independence and they all began signing the "official" copy on August 2, 1776. In January of the next year, Congress sent signed copies to all of the states. The Declaration of Independence is more than just a piece of paper. It is a symbol of our country's independence and commitment to certain ideas. A symbol is something that stands for something else. Most people can look at a certain little "swoosh" and know that it stands for "Nike." Well, the signers of the Declaration of Independence wanted the citizens of the United States to have a document that spelled out what was important to our leaders and citizens. They wanted us to be able to look at the Declaration of Independence and immediately think of the goals we should always be working for, and about the people who have fought so hard to make these ideas possible. The people who signed the Declaration risked being hanged for treason by the leaders in Great Britain. They had to be very brave to sign something that would be considered a crime! So every time we look at the Declaration of Independence, we should think about all of the effort and ideas that went into the document, and about the courage it took for these people to stand up for what they knew was right -- independence! http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/july4/why.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
undone Posted July 1, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 45 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 819 Content Per Day: 0.12 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 06/01/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted July 1, 2007 We watched fireworks last night in Sulphur Springs, Texas. It was awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthitjah Posted July 2, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted July 2, 2007 Grace to you, Saturday evening I was at Mclean Bible Church in Mclean, VA for their evening service. Pastor Lon Solomen gave a stirring tribute to our Nations Soldiers. Their Worship Orchestra played a tribute and then Pastor Lon gave a great sermon on the Remnant in America on this her Birthday. It was an awesome reminder of our responsibility as Gods Remnant and His Church in this Nation. It was awesome and Pastor Lon clearly loves this Nation and Righteousness. Peace, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricH Posted July 2, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 366 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,933 Content Per Day: 1.57 Reputation: 212 Days Won: 1 Joined: 04/21/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted July 2, 2007 Out church just did something similar on Sunday am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giaour Posted July 4, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 179 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 3,941 Content Per Day: 0.55 Reputation: 3 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/28/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/08/1964 Author Share Posted July 4, 2007 Whoo hoo!!! Celebrate! We are free from the tyranny of Brittain! God bless America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meagain Posted July 4, 2007 Group: Royal Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 864 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 38 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/30/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/22/1954 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFaceInTheCrowd Posted July 4, 2007 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 134 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1,138 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 9 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/26/2015 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/16/1969 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Blessed is the nation who's GOD is the LORD.GOD bless America! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Biblicist Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 W hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onetiggerroo Posted July 4, 2007 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 21 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 241 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/28/2007 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/27/1962 Share Posted July 4, 2007 (edited) We're gettin ready to BBQ, got an apple pie, and watermelon for the seed spitting contest later on... Happy Fourth of July! May the LORD bless our nation! Stay safe everyone. Edited July 4, 2007 by onetiggerroo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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