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THE FOUNDATION

The Declaration of Independence... [is the] declaratory charter of our rights, and the rights of man.” —Thomas Jefferson INDEPENDENCE DAY 2008 The Necessary Holiday If our nation’s Founders could visit us on this, our 232nd Independence Day, what would they make of us? What would they declare of us? A hint can be discerned in a letter from John Adams to his wife, Abigail, on July 3, 1776, as the Declaration of Independence had just been approved. “It ought to be commemorated,” said the man who would become our second president, “as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more. You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Day’s Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.” Americans have maintained the “Pomp and Parade” for more than two centuries now, and the “Bonfires and Illuminations” are commonplace, but how often do we recognize Independence Day as “the Day of Deliverance?” How often do we honor it with “solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty”? How often do we contemplate the cost of our freedom, “the Toil and Blood and Treasure?”

Posted on Jul 05, 2008 18:13pm by admin (Read More... | 5874 bytes more)

THINGS YOU DON'T HEAR ANYMORE

Be sure to refill the ice trays, we're going to have company. Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter to Willie in the mail today . Quit slamming the screen door whe n you go out ! Be sure and pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like a shower is coming up. Arial Black''>Don't forget to w ind the clock before you go to bed. Wash your feet before you go to bed, you've been playing outside all day barefooted. Why can't you remember to roll up your britches legs? Getting them caught in the bicycle chain so many times is tearing them up.

Posted on Jun 17, 2008 22:20pm by admin (Read More... | 3064 bytes more)

History Mystery

Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday . Both Preside nts were shot in the head Now it gets really weird. Lincoln 's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln . Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln , was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln , was born in 1839. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Posted on Apr 27, 2008 22:17pm by admin (Read More... | 798 bytes more)