Happy 4th of July, 2006!

[PhoenixRising]

Have A Happy 4th of JULY!!

[Lnzbug]

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!! Don't forget to have a DD

[05NavaBug]

Happy 4th everyone
Hope all of you go watch some nice freworks

[yellowherbie]

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!

[dnyed]

Be careful with fireworks. I hate fireworks.

[CoriBug]

We'll be grilling dogs....



And on a more serious note, here's two symbols of our great country.

[CoriBug]

The eagle and flag were supposed to come up bigger, but you get the picture(no pun intended!).

Happy Independence Day!

Hard to believe that over 200 years ago, our Founding Fathers signed a document that risked their lives. They started a whole new country and won a war against Britain - the world's most powerful empire. Pretty amazing! Have a safe holiday!

Cori

~Proud to Be American~

[ursabug]

Happy birthday, America, and happy 4th to everyone!

Grillin'
Chillin'
Thrillin'

[Papa Bug]

Happy 4th of July !!!


Grillin' today you are all invited!!!

[Maggadog]

Yeah, what they said.

[CaptainXeroid]

Originally Posted by CoriBug

The eagle and flag were supposed to come up bigger, but you get the picture(no pun intended!).

Happy Independence Day!

Hard to believe that over 200 years ago, our Founding Fathers signed a document that risked their lives. They started a whole new country and won a war against Britain - the world's most powerful empire. Pretty amazing! Have a safe holiday!

Cori

~Proud to Be American~

Very amazing! Very well stated!

I hope everyone has a safe and happy and FUN Independence Day.

/me runs to the pool.

[yellowherbie]

Here is some history of today, like we dint already know any of this.... LOL!!


On July 4th, 1817, construction began on the Erie Canal.

In 1826, in one of history's notable coincidences, former Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

In 1863, Union troops defeated Confederate forces in a battle at Vicksburg, Miss.

In 1895, the poem "America the Beautiful," by Wellesley College Professor Katherine Lee Bates, was first published.


In 1986, more than 250 sailing ships and the United States' biggest fireworks display honored the Statue of Liberty in its 100th birthday year.

In 1997, Mexico's top drug lord died in a Mexico City hospital following plastic surgery to change his appearance.

[CrazyJames]

Happy no one in chat day!

/me hates American holidays.

[BUGINME]

Happy Independence Day to us all!!!

[JuggBug]

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

[yellowherbie]

I AM THE UNITED STATES

I was born on July 4, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence is my birth certificate.
The bloodlines of the world run in my veins, because I offered freedom to the oppressed.
I am the United States.
I am 185,000,000 living souls, and the ghost of millions who have lived and died for me.
I am Nathan Hale and Paul Revere. I stood at Lexington and fired the shot heard around
the world. I am Washington, Jefferson, and Patrick Henry. I am John Paul Jones, the Green
Mountain boys, and Davy Crockett. I am Lee, Grant, and Abe Lincoln.
I am the Brooklyn Bridge, the wheat lands of Kansas, and the granite hills of Vermont.
I am the coal fields of the Virginias and Pennsylvania; the fertile lands of the West; the Golden Gate
and the Grand Canyon. I am Independence Hall, the Monitor and the Merrimac.
I am big. I sprawl from the Atlantic to the Pacific, three million square miles throbbing with
industry. I am more than 5,000,000 farms; I am forest, field, mountain and desert. I am quiet villages
...and cities that never sleep. You can look at me and see Ben Franklin walking down the
streets of Philadelphia with his bread loaf under his arm. You can see Betsy Ross with her needle.
You can see the lights of Christmas, and hear the strains of "Auld Lang Syne" as the calendar turns.
I am Babe Ruth and the World Series. I am 169,000 schools and colleges and 250,000 churches
where people worship God as they think best. I am a ballot dropped in a box, the roar of a crowd
in a stadium, and the voice of a choir in a cathedral. I am an editorial in a newspaper, and
a letter to a Congressman.
I am Eli Whitney and Stephen Foster. I am Tom Edison, Albert Einstein, and Billy Graham. I am
Horace Greeley, Will Rogers, and the Wright brothers. I am George Washington Carver, Daniel Webster,
and Jonas Salk. I am Longfellow, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Walt Whitman, Thomas Paine.
Yes, I am the Nation, and these are the things that I am. I was conceived in freedom, and,
God willing, in freedom will I spend the rest of my days. May I possess always the integrity,
the courage, and the strength to keep myself unshackled, to remain a citadel of freedom and a
beacon of hope to the world.

I am the United States!
-- Author Unknown

[pinktimbs]

Originally Posted by CrazyJames

Happy no one in chat day!

/me hates American holidays.

Happy Late Canada Day! I know it was on Saturday.. but hey, better late than never, right?

I <3 Canadians.

Heehee!

[Silverthang]

I don't think I should be wishing you a happy day looking at the history of independance day & being a Brit but have a great holiday anyway.

[gilligan]

Happy 4th of july to all who reads this. keep on keeping on.

[JonK]

Happy 4th to All!!!!





Have a Great Day!!



John K.