Happy Independence Day

[bobabode]

Have a safe and happy Independence Day, y'all.

[bobabode]

Un très grand merci à nos frères et sœurs de la France que sans votre aide, nous ne serions pas un pays indépendant aujourd'hui. Nous vous devons une dette qui ne peut jamais être entièrement remboursé.

[nailer]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Un très grand merci à nos frères et sœurs de la France que sans votre aide, nous ne serions pas un pays indépendant aujourd'hui. Nous vous devons une dette qui ne peut jamais être entièrement remboursé.

And thanks to the Dutch for their first salute.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by nailer

And thanks to the Dutch for their first salute.

Yes, in Curacao, wasn't it?

[nailer]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Yes, in Curacao, wasn't it?

The First Salute By Barbara W. Tuchman 347 pages. Illustrated. Alfred A. Knopf. $22.95.

St. Eustatius is a small island in the West Indies that was settled by the Dutch in the 17th century. It is not a place you hear much about today, but for a brief year or two in the 18th century it became one of the focal points of world history.

On Nov. 16, 1776, a ship flying the flag of the Continental Congress put in at the island, and on the orders of the Governor the guns of the local garrison fired a welcoming salvo. This was the ''first salute'' from which Barbara W. Tuchman's new book takes its title - the first occasion (or so it has been generally accepted) on which American sovereignty was formally recognized by the representative of a foreign government.

At the time the Netherlands was still bound to Britain by a treaty of alliance, but the salute spelled out the commercial realities of the situation. From 1774, when the British placed an embargo on the shipping of ''warlike stores'' to their American colonies, St. Eustatius had served as the foremost conduit through which the Colonists obtained such supplies from Europe...

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/04/bo...n-s-birth.html


BTW, happy birthday my fellow American.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by nailer

The First Salute By Barbara W. Tuchman 347 pages. Illustrated. Alfred A. Knopf. $22.95.

St. Eustatius is a small island in the West Indies that was settled by the Dutch in the 17th century. It is not a place you hear much about today, but for a brief year or two in the 18th century it became one of the focal points of world history.

On Nov. 16, 1776, a ship flying the flag of the Continental Congress put in at the island, and on the orders of the Governor the guns of the local garrison fired a welcoming salvo. This was the ''first salute'' from which Barbara W. Tuchman's new book takes its title - the first occasion (or so it has been generally accepted) on which American sovereignty was formally recognized by the representative of a foreign government.

At the time the Netherlands was still bound to Britain by a treaty of alliance, but the salute spelled out the commercial realities of the situation. From 1774, when the British placed an embargo on the shipping of ''warlike stores'' to their American colonies, St. Eustatius had served as the foremost conduit through which the Colonists obtained such supplies from Europe...

http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/04/bo...n-s-birth.html


BTW, happy birthday my fellow American.

Missed it by 'that' much . Happy Fourth to you too, Bob.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Un très grand merci à nos frères et sœurs de la France que sans votre aide, nous ne serions pas un pays indépendant aujourd'hui. Nous vous devons une dette qui ne peut jamais être entièrement remboursé.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvWDNPriUY8

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvWDNPriUY8

Oui, ma pisse et de vinaigre rempli ami, je parle anglais. Nettoyer la merde de vos oreilles.

Vive la France, vive l'Amérique!

[barbara]

Oui, Bob... nous avons beaucoup à être reconnaissants.

[merrylander]

Bonne Fete mes amis.