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    Redhot Jumper Happy Holidays.........................


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    Hope everyone has a great day today! Mojitos and Bloody Marys all around :D :cheers:

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    Here is to the USA and for all that it has to offer, the freedoms we have, and to the men and women that fought for and continue to fight for it!!!

    :cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

    Have a happy and SAFE holiday!!!!

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    What it's really about....

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    If this doesn't make you cry, you need to be living somewhere else...

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    Thoughts for the Fourth of July....








    EVER WONDERED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MEN WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

    Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the
    Declaration of Independence?



    Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured
    before they died.



    Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.
    Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two
    sons captured.



    Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the
    Revolutionary War.



    They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their
    sacred honor.



    What kind of men were they?



    Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists.
    Eleven were merchants,
    nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well
    educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full
    well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
    Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships
    swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties
    to pay his debts, and died in rags.



    Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move
    his family almost constantly.
    He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in
    hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.



    Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer,
    Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.



    At the battle of Yorktown , Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British
    General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters.
    He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was
    destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.



    Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed.
    The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.



    John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying.
    Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill
    were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves,
    returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.
    So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and
    silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they
    paid.



    Remember: freedom is never free!



    I hope you will show your support by sending this to as many people as
    you can, please. It's time we get the word out that patriotism is NOT a
    sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and
    baseball games.




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    Chip, according to Snopes that is a mixture of true and false information and a lot of it is misleading.

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    Quote Originally Posted by chip anderson View Post
    the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and
    baseball games.
    I've apparently been doing it wrong all these years.

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