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Peter Larsen

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Jul 4, 2009, 8:25:50 AM7/4/09
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happy 4th!

Kind regards

Peter Larsen



Don Pearce

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Jul 4, 2009, 8:29:54 AM7/4/09
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This has always puzzled me somewhat. US independence happened on 2nd
September 1783.
I'm not sure the average US citizen could even tell you the
significance of that date.

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david gourley

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Jul 3, 2009, 5:13:23 PM7/3/09
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The Peace of Paris was the conclusion of the American Revolution.
The Declaration of Independence was passed by the Continental Congress
on July 4, 1776.

God save the queen.


david

Don Pearce

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Jul 4, 2009, 9:05:16 AM7/4/09
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Yes but you don't get something by saying you want it - you have to
win it or earn it, and the culmination of that process happened, as
you say, in Paris. The 1776 date has as much relevance compared to
that as HG Wells's men in the moon publication does to 20th July 1969.

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Arkansan Raider

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Jul 4, 2009, 9:52:40 AM7/4/09
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Happy birthday, America!


---Jeff

Jay Ts

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Jul 4, 2009, 12:38:04 PM7/4/09
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If a woman has been married to an abusive man for years, and one
day she decides that it isn't her destiny to be married to an
insane psychopath, and gets a divorce, it is up to her to decide
to celebrate the day her consciousness stepped up to a higher level,
or the day the judge approved her decision.

The July 4th holiday is not about the winning of a war, or an
official date of settlement. If you would like to learn more
about this, I suggest this Wikipedia article for starters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

Jay Ts
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Soundhaspriority

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Jul 4, 2009, 2:23:46 PM7/4/09
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"Peter Larsen" <dig...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> happy 4th!
>
> Kind regards
>
> Peter Larsen
>
Peter, thanks.
At least someone wants us around :)

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511

david gourley

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Jul 4, 2009, 4:15:53 PM7/4/09
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I disagree about the relevance.

July 4th was a significant turning point in our declaring that we were
breaking from British rule. It's about the birth of a nation.

Like it or not, it is what it is, and there's no changing that fact.

david

Sean Conolly

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Jul 4, 2009, 7:25:58 PM7/4/09
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Using that kind of cynical logic, the Emancipation Proclamation was
irrelevant until (at least) the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The fact that the vision precedes the action doesn't diminish the power of
the vision.

Sean


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