Independence Day

Happy July 4th to all American correspondents to this Group!
You bloody Colonials, you!

 

Glad to have been of service and to have got (ten) rid of you wild bunch
;-))

 

Thank you.

This year's Independence Day is particularly meaningful for me. I
recently visited Boston for the first time to attend a symposium. I
walked the Freedom Trail and saw Paul Revere's house and the old North
Church ("One if by land, two if by sea"). I had only known these
places from the Longfellow poem before. Also walked up "Bunker Hill"
(actually Breeds Hill) and saw the USS Constitution and Samuel Adams'
grave. According to a display in the lobby of the Long Wharf Marriott
hotel where I was staying, the Boston Tea Party took place close by.

I find it fascinating and inspiring to see historic sites in person.
These sites and others really made the American Revolution come alive
for me. It made me realize that the people involved in the Revolution
were ordinary citezens with ordinary lives who were forced to make a
decision to create a new nation or live with the status quo. It
inspired me to re-evaluate my definition of the word "patriot" and
what being an American means to me. Living in the Western US, I
hadn't had this historical perspective before.

If you're an American or live in America, I encourage you to visit
historical places in your area to discover for yourself, the meaning
of America. Good or bad, ugly or beautiful, learning about the
history of this country will help you better appreciate its meaning.

Martin

 

What? Sam Adams' grave?!? Dammit! No more Sam Adams' beer then.

 

I got to visit those when I was 14-15; very interesting stuff. I've always
been fascinated by the Old Ironsides, so one year I requested/got the big
Revell 1/96 kit for Christmas. Huge kit with at least four billion parts.
I was ready to toss it out after the tenth cannon. Maybe one day I'll
attempt it again, now that I have patience and supplies.

TF

 

camshaft mtiming gears are an abomination spawned by ducati.
no desmo!

 

boston rules!

 

Have you read the two Jeff Shaara novels:

"Rise To Rebellion" and "The Glorious Cause"?

They are a wonderfully thrilling telling of the military,
social, and political events leading up to, and during,
the American Revolution. They really bring to life,
the places you mention.

 

e wrote:

Not in October...on the diamond....

)

 

You should go to Colonial Williamsburg Virginia. It was really interesting
to see how they lived back in the 18th century. The people where dressed in
Colonial attire, and spoke in the language of that time. It was really fun,
when a shop owner of a general store, asked us where our group was from. I
told him that we where from Seattle, he didn't understand where that was, so
I said we were from the west coast, north of Los Angles. He said "Oh that's
Spanish territory, how do you get along with the Spanish?". I said we get
along well with them. The actor played his part well.

Even though it was a theme park, I really enjoyed it. It really made you
think that you had stepped back 228 year in time, and where a part of
history. Makes you think how lucky you are to be living in this time and
age.

Gary

 

sports blows!

 

hey dude..leave ducati alone..or you might wake
up tomarrow with a desmo up your..???

nah...revenge is best served cold...

Hey, just kidding 'e'...Have a happy 4th and
be Safe.)
Mike IPMS

 

I still want to know how Will Smith's girlfriend found the First Lady
in a blown up LA.......

 

She turned left at page 147 of the script and there she was.

Cliff. Jones

 

Just a quick thought.... Way back in the mists of time, when I was growing up
in Beverly, Massachusetts, I lived just up the hill from the wharves and piers
from which the first ship, the armed schooner Hannah, in the U.S. Navy sailed -
under instructions from George Washington. We used to swim across the harbor -
right over the spot where the Hannah took the British ship Neptune - it's first
victory. A goodly percentage of the men who rowed Washington across the
Delaware were from Beverly (although they were in a Marblehead regiment). The
beach we hung out on was Independence Park - site of a Revolutionary War fort
in which were stationed the guns that protected the harbors of Salem, Beverly,
and Marblehead.

Want to feel history!!!!

Andy

We used to play on the bones of an old sailing ship beside one of the wharves -
one of the ships from the Revolutionary War period.

 

i would love a 450 des. that is one mean ass thumper. i got
to ride one for a weekend and fell in love. too bad a nice
one is $4k these days.
only think i hate about ducs is some of the arrogant ckskrs
that own them. like some beemer buttheads.

 

dammit, it was right there on page 32 of the script. ya need
a roadmap or sumpin?

 

Sometimes historical places are hiding all around us. I just watched a
piece by the local PBS station on York, Pa. and its significance to the
Revolution. And here I just thought of it as a good place to go model
buying!

The Continental Congress decided against staying here in Lancaster
because the Colony's government was also here and being only 60 miles
west of Philadelphia was too tempting a target. York's main advantage
was distance and a mile-wide river between Lancaster and York.

Happy 228th USA!!

Bill Banaszak, MFE

 

Ahh, maybe so. But can you still *see* well enough to build it?

RobG

 

Go Dr D!! Love them 90degree Eyetie V-twins. Unlike them Milwaukee
tractors...

RobG