Happy Birthday Uncle Sam........

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Post by captskillet » Thu Jul 03, 2008 11:29 pm

well our little republic turns 232 Friday................Happy Fourth of July & God Bless America!!!!! [&o]

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Post by Big B » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:10 am

Happy B-Day USA, thanks skipper! [:)]

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well our little republic turns 232 Friday................Happy Fourth of July & God Bless America!!!!! [&o]

PS...........this WITP AE looks like it may have promise [;)] .

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Post by TOMLABEL » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:14 am

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Happy B-Day USA, thanks skipper! [:)]
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well our little republic turns 232 Friday................Happy Fourth of July & God Bless America!!!!! [&o]

PS...........this WITP AE looks like it may have promise [;)] .

Agreed!!! God Bless America!!! We need it now more than ever!!!!

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Post by F6frc » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:29 am

[left]Happy Birthday USA - Let Freedom Reign![/left]

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Post by TOMLABEL » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:48 am

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[left]Happy Birthday USA - Let Freedom Reign![/left]

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Post by F6frc » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:58 am

Back at ya, Tom!!!

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Post by whippleofd » Fri Jul 04, 2008 2:52 am

I think Red Skelton says it much better than I could:

http://www.clown-ministry.com/index_1.p ... d_skelton/

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Post by Apollo11 » Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:26 am

Hi all,

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well our little republic turns 232 Friday................Happy Fourth of July & God Bless America!!!!! [&o]

Happy National holiday for our USA brethren!

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Post by BrucePowers » Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:29 am

Here's to the good ol' USA and 2 of my favorite people in history, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.[8D]

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Post by Historiker » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:36 am

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

ORIGINAL: captskillet

well our little republic turns 232 Friday................Happy Fourth of July & God Bless America!!!!! [&o]

Happy National holiday for our USA brethren!

Leo "Apollo11"

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Post by John 3rd » Fri Jul 04, 2008 11:32 am

Ditto from the wonderful state of Colorado!

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Post by Gem35 » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:48 pm

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!!!

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Post by Woos » Fri Jul 04, 2008 3:17 pm

well our little republic turns 232 Friday

Now if you talk about the republic I would suggest it only turns 231 on September 17th.

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Post by AW1Steve » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:06 pm

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Here's to the good ol' USA and 2 of my favorite people in history, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.[8D]

I'd have to add John Adams and Ben Franklin! [:D]

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Post by AW1Steve » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:07 pm

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well our little republic turns 232 Friday
Now if you talk about the republic I would suggest it only turns 231 on September 17th.

No , republic existed , it just needed a little while longer to straighten ou the paper work!!!

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Post by Knavey » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:35 am

Sept...bah...who cares!  Lets go shoot some fireworks!

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Post by BrucePowers » Sat Jul 05, 2008 12:38 am

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Sept...bah...who cares! Lets go shoot some fireworks!

They've been poppin' all over the neighborhood for about 3 hours. The dogs were out with my wife at about 8 and when the first ones went off they were in the garage ready to come in[:D]

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Post by hgilmer » Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:10 am

    Our fore-fathers did a truly wonderful thing and I feel very fortunate and grateful I am where I am.

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Post by Nixuebrig » Sat Jul 05, 2008 1:12 am

age 232? time to retire