HAPPY 241st BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!
- Thread starter HiDesertHal
- Start date
Aunt Bea
SF VIP
- Location
- Near Mount Pilot
helenbacque
Senior Member
- Location
- Central Florida
Hooray for us!
Jiminey Crycket
New Member
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Love the music and fireworks this time of the year. Happy Independence Day!
hauntedtexan
Member
- Location
- Central TX
Happy birthday, America! It has been a long hard battle to stay alive all these years. The enemy's have changed, but thank God for citizens who care enough to say something if they see something out of the normal. So, keep your eyes open for actual threats from legitimate enemies.
Falcon
DV8
- Location
- So. California
Well said HT. You're right.
Yes, the enemies have changed, staying alert to threats from real enemies is every citizen's obligation.
Meanderer
Supreme Member
In 1966, for the 190th Birthday, I was at Fort Dix NJ and a few of us went to Philly and saw the Liberty Bell (touched the cracked side) , Betsy Ross' House (which had very narrow, steep stairways, food for defending with a sword) and the American Wax Museum(Patrick Henry). We saw the Room where they worked on, and signed the Declaration. (Tables covered with heavy green clothes, which served as ink blotters).
HiDesertHal
Senior Member
fuzzybuddy
SF VIP
- Location
- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
While we bitch about it; God, we really love it here.
The Betsy Ross House - then and now
"One of Philadelphia's oldest museums, has been at least partially open to the public since 1898. The building went through a major renovation in 1937, which included a redesigned facade. ... Shortly afterward, the former warehouse properties on its western side were demolished and replaced with a new courtyard for the museum. The Berger Brothers warehouse on the other side was demolished sometime after 1964." -Article
Large version of first picture ~1900
"One of Philadelphia's oldest museums, has been at least partially open to the public since 1898. The building went through a major renovation in 1937, which included a redesigned facade. ... Shortly afterward, the former warehouse properties on its western side were demolished and replaced with a new courtyard for the museum. The Berger Brothers warehouse on the other side was demolished sometime after 1964." -Article
Large version of first picture ~1900