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Old     (butterflybdr540)      Join Date: Apr 2001       07-03-2003, 8:12 AM Reply   



Wanted to tell everyone to have a fun and safe holiday weekend!

I will be stuck at a wedding in Dallas :-(

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Old     (aaronlee13)      Join Date: Jul 2001       07-03-2003, 8:38 AM Reply   
that against the wedding rules... you can't have a wedding on a 3 day holiday... On those weddings you are not required to go...
Have a great 4th...
Old     (rock_n_boardin)      Join Date: May 2003       07-03-2003, 9:07 AM Reply   
Since I will be doing the same thing that most of you will be doing, dropping major bombs on a lake, and partying it up big time. I came across this and thought it would be nice to post for the occasion. Sorry it's a little long, but it's always nice to think of those who sacrificed for our right to pull inverts, while riding on a lake in a free country!! Cheers to all and have a safe and fun filled 4th!!!

The 4th of July....

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, one was a Wakeboarder; 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, including his favorite Wakeboard boat. 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. Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't.

....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 for your freedoms.

Remember: freedom is never free!

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