Comments on: Happy Fourth

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 17:05:00 +0000

Excellent post, Lex — So much more to unite us, if we would but remember it. Thank you and yours for wearing the uniform and standing tall to defend the US!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 03:43:32 +0000

“The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. ”
-Woodrow Wilson

By: badbob

badbob — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:30:52 +0000

Happy Bithday America!

I am unapologetic when I say that the USA is the best nation mankind has ever produced by far! Precious liberty may often be taken for granted by a sizeable portion of the citizenry but when hasn’t it always been so?

As it took less than a majority to create it, it still takes less folks to truly sustain it. For those past, present and future who make it work as grateful and participating citizens, soldier and civilian alike, I salute you.

By: Paul Powondra

Paul Powondra — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 01:28:11 +0000

CPT J, I guess it’s all a matter of perspective. I was in England in 1976 during the Bicentennial and went down to London to see the British honoring the event. Imagine my surprise to see their view on our Revolution – the Patriots were referred to as “rebels”. Took a bit for that to sink in, but by God, that’s indeed what they were! Never heard of a rebel yell in the Revolution though.

By: CPT J

CPT J — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 22:26:55 +0000

Ima, guess you’re right there–wasn’t much “civil” about it.

Call it the “War of Northern Aggression”, as I learned it growing up in Virgina, or the “War of the Rebellion” as the bronze plaques say up here in Vermont.

Whatever it was, the granite statues leaning on their muskets ain’t saying. They just watch the seasons go by and the generations follow in their turn.

And maybe that’s the way it should be.

By: Ima Fake

Ima Fake — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 22:15:25 +0000

CPT,

We never had a civil war.