American Independence Day - July 4th

[debodun]

I found a package of tiny (1.5" long) firecrackers. Fifty years ago, I'd have had no reservations about lighting any. Now I'm afraid of them. What if I can't toss them in time before they go off, or it lands too close? Why as we get older we have more fear of things?

 

[Meanderer]

I found a package of tiny (1.5" long) firecrackers. Fifty years ago, I'd have had no reservations about lighting any. Now I'm afraid of them. What if I can toss them in time before they go off, or it lands too close? Why as we get older we have more fear of things?

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Never play "Rushing Roulette" with firecrackers!

 

[Naturally]

I like my coffee black ... and tea in the harbor

 

[Trila]

 

[Meanderer]

7 Surprising Facts About the Boston Tea Party

"For starters, the colonists weren't protesting higher taxes on tea." READ MORE

 

[Trila]

 

[Pinky]

 

[Fyrefox]

Proud to be a vulpine American, and we will survive our current difficulties!

 

[ohioboy]

This was an X post, formerly twitter, where Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has no business in Congress, talks about the Declaration of Independence. The people in GA that re-elected her should be proud (sarcasm).


Post:



The average age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 was 44 years old, but more than a dozen were 35 or younger:

Thomas Jefferson: 33
John Hancock: 39
James Madison: 25
Alexander Hamilton: 21
James Monroe: 18
Aaron Burr: 20
Paul Revere: 41
George Washington: 44


Paul Revere??? Washington?? Only 2 out of the 8 listed signed it. WOW!