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Post by Kehndal The Great on Jul 4, 2007 8:22:13 GMT -5
Happy Fireworks everyon!!!
Ok just to make sure folks know why we celebrate this day...
Can you name why we do? and Independence is not the correct answer...........
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Post by Nordla on Jul 4, 2007 8:54:32 GMT -5
well July 4, 1776 is when the Declaration of Independence was adopted from Great Britain.
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Post by Kehndal The Great on Jul 4, 2007 11:17:11 GMT -5
she is just so smart!!!!!! round of applauds for my girl Nordla!!!!!
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia in the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall), approved the Declaration of Independence. Its purpose was to set forth the principles upon which the Congress had acted two days earlier when it voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee's motion to declare the freedom and independence of the 13 American colonies from England. The Declaration was designed to influence public opinion and gain support both among the new states and abroad -- especially in France, from which the new "United States" sought military assistance.
Although Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman and Robert B. Livingston comprised the committee charged with drafting the Declaration, the task fell to Jefferson, regarded as the strongest and most eloquent writer. The document is mainly his work, with a few minor exceptions. As a scholar well-versed in the ideas and ideals of the French and English Enlightenments, Jefferson found his greatest inspiration in the language and arguments of English philosopher John Locke, who had justified England's "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 on the basis of man's "natural rights." Locke's theory held that government was a contract between the governed and those governing, who derived their power solely from the consent of the governed and whose purpose it was to protect every man's inherent right to property, life and liberty. Jefferson's theory of "natural law" differed in that it substituted the inalienable right of "the pursuit of happiness" for "property," emphasizing that happiness is the product of civic virtue and public duty. Jefferson emphasized the contractual justification for independence, arguing that when the tyrannical government of King George III of England repeatedly violated "natural law, " the colonists had not only the right but the duty to revolt. The assembled Continental Congress deleted a few passages of the draft, and amended others, but outright rejected only two sections: 1) a derogatory reference to the English people; 2) a passionate denunciation of the slave trade. The latter section was left out, as Jefferson reported, to accede to the wishes of South Carolina and Georgia, who wanted to continue the importation of slaves. The rest of the draft was accepted on July 4, and 56 members of Congress began their formal signing of the document on August 2, 1776.
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Post by Nordla on Jul 4, 2007 18:17:37 GMT -5
LOL I cant help it!
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Post by tannoth on Jul 4, 2007 18:37:48 GMT -5
TY Nordla,
Well at work this week the war came pretty close to me... a co-worker's nephew was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
Godbless all,
Tan
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Post by Silent' on Jul 5, 2007 13:46:11 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that Tan But yes happy late 4th to the USA! And thank God for this country and the men and women who have fought, lived, and died to keep this country free and safe.
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Post by Kehndal The Great on Jul 5, 2007 13:47:52 GMT -5
Two thumbs up there!
Amen!!!
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Post by Athenna on Jul 11, 2007 2:38:57 GMT -5
Here here ... thanks to the troops and veterans for allowing us to have the freedoms we have today.
Tannoth .. God bless your co-worker and the family for giving the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
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