Happy Independence Day America

[Jimbuna]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jvFCfyDTpEA/ThMsET_GySI/AAAAAAAAAFA/KxPAWr1Drio/s1600/independence-day.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St_ppgWT8I4&feature=related

[Fubar2Niner]

Have a great day across the pond :woot::woot:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[Betonov]

From a country that went trough the same process:

Happy fourth of july

http://aramedia.com/PrimalGrill.jpg

[the_tyrant]

:woot::woot::woot:

[Jimbuna]

A bit suprised it took till 1.25pm GMT to materialise...even with the time difference.

[Oberon]

A bit suprised it took till 1.25pm GMT to materialise...even with the time difference.

Perhaps that's because they're too busy celebrating Independence Day to celebrate Inependence Day as well?

Sorry, but Steve wasn't here so someone had to do it...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/AnonymousOne/they_took_our_jobs_.jpg

[TarJak]

Perhaps that's because they're too busy celebrating Independence Day to celebrate Inependence Day as well?

Sorry, but Steve wasn't here so someone had to do it...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v301/AnonymousOne/they_took_our_jobs_.jpg

If you hadn't Jamie, I would have.:03:

Oh and have a great 4 July American Subsim people.:salute:

[yubba]

Happy Independence day, we may have lost a battle but we have not lost the war, let your represenatives know that you are not about to lay down to the goin's on in DC we are not ready to celebrate dependence day. I know they must be having a great day in Wisconson, rockon:woot::woot:

[Ducimus]

Happy Independence day, we may have lost a battle but we have not lost the war, let your represenatives know that you are not about to lay down to the goin's on in DC we are not ready to celebrate dependence day. I know they must be having a great day in Wisconson, rockon:woot::woot:

I suppose putting your country ahead of your party for just one day out of the year is probably too much to ask.

[NeonSamurai]

Happy 4th of July! I am actually in the states now doing my masters degree. Should be fun as I think this is my first 4th :D

[Sailor Steve]

When I was a kid growing up in Redondo Beach, California, we used to go down to the beach on the 4th. There would be thousands of families there, all with fireworks, and then there were two big public fireworks displays, one nearby at the Palos Verdes hills and one twenty miles away at Malibu. It was a great memory.

Perhaps that's because they're too busy celebrating Independence Day to celebrate Inependence Day as well?
Makes perfect sense to me.

Sorry, but Steve wasn't here so someone had to do it...
Not sure I get it. :hmmm:

[Takeda Shingen]

Happy 4th friends. And thank you for all the kind wishes.

[HunterICX]

Happy 4th of July :woot:

HunterICX

[Herr-Berbunch]

Not sure I get it. :hmmm:

Look at the thread title. :O:

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, it's misspelled.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Best wishes to Uncle Sam in his birthday! :woot:

[Penguin]

Happy 4th of July! :salute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyGPyFacg3w

[Oberon]

Okay, it's misspelled.

You're just no fun :O:

[Jimbuna]

Al hav yu no ay hav no problum wit speeling http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/1853/angry8ro5.gif

[Madox58]

Still using that 'Trailor Trash' spell checker I see.
:haha:

[Jimbuna]

Still using that 'Trailor Trash' spell checker I see.
:haha:

Looks like it :oops:

[yubba]

I suppose putting your country ahead of your party for just one day out of the year is probably too much to ask.
I sorry to burst your bubble, I'm not e fil i ate ed to any party, maybe I'm with the tea party, but I haven't signed any papers yet, so everyday is a fight against tyrrany, a patriot never takes a day off, of shed-ing light on the evil doings of the left, like fast furious, Obama care, and little Miss Hiliary's traitorious acts with the UN to broker a small arms treaty to strip the 2nd amendment from us. Evil doesn't take a day off and neither do I.

[nikimcbee]

I love the smell of fireworks in the morning.


Happy surrender of Vicksburg day.

[Biggles]

http://d24w6bsrhbeh9d.cloudfront.net/photo/4683221_460s.jpg

:D


Nah, happy 4th boys and girls!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ314hldal4

[nikimcbee]

Did part of the "Freedom Trail" this spring.:

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg832/scaled.php?server=832&filename=boston2012086.jpg&res=landing

It all started here.

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg191/scaled.php?server=191&filename=boston2012082.jpg&res=landing
Grave of some of the fallen from Lexington Green.


http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg14/scaled.php?server=14&filename=boston2012028.jpg&res=landing

North Bridge

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg38/scaled.php?server=38&filename=boston2012030.jpg&res=landing

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg850/scaled.php?server=850&filename=boston2012047.jpg&res=landing

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg10/scaled.php?server=10&filename=boston2012023.jpg&res=landing

:salute:

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg52/scaled.php?server=52&filename=boston2012046.jpg&res=landing

British 6pdr

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg607/scaled.php?server=607&filename=boston2012060.jpg&res=landing


View from the Colonial position

http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg809/scaled.php?server=809&filename=boston2012109.jpg&res=landing

:salute::salute::salute:

[u crank]

Happy 4 of July from your neighbours to the north. :salute:

[Madox58]

Gettysburg Mate.

Although fought from July 1st through 3rd?
Most people in the U.S.A. remember it better and are amazed it had nothing to do with July 4th other then retreat and aftermath.
:nope:

[nikimcbee]

Gettysburg Mate.

Although fought from July 1st through 3rd?
Most people in the U.S.A. remember it better and are amazed it had nothing to do with July 4th other then retreat and aftermath.
:nope:

Battle of Vicksburg On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. This was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. With the loss of Pemberton’s army and this vital stronghold on the Mississippi, the Confederacy was effectively split in half. Grant's successes in the West boosted his reputation, leading ultimately to his appointment as General-in-Chief of the Union armies.

http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/vicksburg.html?gclid=CP6o9azigLECFWQDQAod8WnKEA

:D

[Bilge_Rat]

Happy Declaration of Independence Day to our Southern Neighbour. :woot:


Found out a few years back that I am one of the many descendants of John Charles Carroll of Carollton, one of the original signers of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, representing the State of Virginia (my father's mother was a Carroll), so I guess I am at least part American...:D

[Takeda Shingen]

And here I was thinking today was about the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Color me stupid. :doh:

Anyway, thanks for the continued kind wishes from you non-Yanks.

[Madox58]

Vicksburg is in Mississippi?
:o

How did I miss that?
:har:
:03:

[nikimcbee]

Gettysburg Mate.

Although fought from July 1st through 3rd?
Most people in the U.S.A. remember it better and are amazed it had nothing to do with July 4th other then retreat and aftermath.
:nope:

You are correct on the dates:

July 1 North end of the battlefield
July 2 Lil Round Top, Culp's Hill
July 3 Pickett's Charge

[Madox58]

Both armies, exhausted, held their positions until the night of July 4, when Lee withdrew.

No battles were fought on the 4th at Gettysburg, maybe a few rifle exchages but nothing worth note. Vicksburg fell which Lee had no knowledge of until days later.
Union forces may have been broken had an attack been possible by Lee on the 4th.

It's all speculation now days.

[yubba]

http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/battlefields/hamel-1918.html WW1 American victory, do your history, so you don't make the mistakes of the past.

[yubba]

http://wwiiarchives.net/servlet/calendarday/19420704 those guys did't take the day off:salute::salute:

[Oberon]

http://www.ww1westernfront.gov.au/battlefields/hamel-1918.html WW1 American victory, do your history, so you don't make the mistakes of the past.

British, Australian and American victory I think you'll find :03:

[Madox58]

Well I don't know what Mental Giant renamed this thread?
BUT IT'S STILL WRONG!!!
:har:

A vote for DUH of the year for a SubSim best of the year WTF??
:up:

To save further problems?
You who have attempted to edit this thread?
PUT THE MOUSE DOWN, STEP AWAY FROM THE KEYBOARD AND WE WILL NOT TASER YOU!
(Screw that taser him anyway!)

Only thing I can think of that would be worse?
Remember the Alamomo.
:haha:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Well I don't know what Mental Giant renamed this thread?
BUT IT'S STILL WRONG!!!
:har:



Only thing I can think of that would be worse?
Remember the Alamomo.
:haha:

:har: Was that something to do with Custard and Geronimoo? :har:

[yubba]

http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/articles/2012/un-arms-trade-treaty-drafting-starts-next-week.aspx Little miss Hiliary has been busy, fast and furious didn't work and this won't either, thanks mr Roberts for the great distraction. like I said evil doesn't take a day off so where's Hiliary today,, maybe she's sitting in the UN figuring a way to take your guns.

[yubba]

British, Australian and American victory I think you'll find :03:
that was too much type ing I'm sorry

[krashkart]

We got our priorities straight. Everyone else should follow in our footsteps. :D

Illegal fireworks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqfxmWbelcQ


Beer
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GctgSnKTB3U/TU8pbqA0_uI/AAAAAAAAAPI/Z4yMbPIOZ1U/s1600/budweiser+girl.jpg


Cooking
http://www.lifeaboveandbeyond.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/iStock_000003510018XSmall.jpg


Recreational activities
http://world.guns.ru/userfiles/images/assault/as15/m14_1.jpg


Religion
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Chevypnglogo.png/250px-Chevypnglogo.pnghttp://motoburg.com/images/wolf-wr56-ford-03.jpghttp://www.famouslogos.org/logos/nascar-logo.jpg





http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/picture.php?albumid=179&pictureid=1878

Vote America/Canada in 2012!


No offense. Just having fun. :)

[nikimcbee]

In before Dowly:woot:.

[mookiemookie]

With a belly full of BBQ chicken, I wish all my American friends a happy 4th and thank all of my international friends for their warm wishes.

[Tribesman]

I thank the US Americans for their great display this evening.
A break in the weather meant that the huge throng ensured that the race village and global village both closed due to over crowding which meant every nearby road was also packed to the brim for enjoyment of the 4th of July celebrations:woot:

[krashkart]

I thank the US Americans for their great display this evening.
A break in the weather meant that the huge throng ensured that the race village and global village both closed due to over crowding which meant every nearby road was also packed to the brim for enjoyment of the 4th of July celebrations:woot:

Wow. NYC must be putting on one helluva show this year if you can see it from all the way over there. :huh:

[Sailor Steve]

Color me stupid. :doh:
I can't seem to find that color in the forum palette. Will Chartreuse do?

[Sailor Steve]

Well I don't know what Mental Giant renamed this thread?
BUT IT'S STILL WRONG!!!
:har:
:yep:

Brutha, when you'se right you'se right!
:rotfl2:

[krashkart]

:yep:

Brutha, when you'se right you'se right!
:rotfl2:

The taps is flowin' something fierce right now at Subsim HQ. Please stand by while they... recalibrate.

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Happy 4th everyone. :shucks:

[Onkel Neal]

Happy 4th. God to see you around, Kap.:shucks:

[Falkirion]

Happy 4th all

[Sailor Steve]

Okay, now it's "fixed" wrong again.

Methinks someone be havin' fun wit' us. :sunny:

[19Herr_Rapp86]

Thanks for all the warm wishes from you guys around the globe. I had to laugh today. Was thinking about what went on back in the revolutionary war. We call today Independence day. Dad and I were listening to a speech from Winston Churchill, his famous We Will Fight Them on the Beaches speech. He mentioned in one line, our colonies in the west... Had to chuckle. Thank you folks, especially our brethren in the UK, for the wonderful 4th wishes.

[Tribesman]

Wow. NYC must be putting on one helluva show this year if you can see it from all the way over there.
The US embassy paid for the show in Galway.

[nikimcbee]

It's 12 am and it still sounds like a war zone here.:rock:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

Happy 4th. God to see you around, Kap.:shucks:

Good to see you too, Skipper! :salute:

[Bubblehead1980]

American would have been 236 years old yesterday, but she finally passed away on June 29, 2012

[Takeda Shingen]

American would have been 236 years old yesterday, but she finally passed away on June 29, 2012

Great. Then we can all stop arguing about her.

[mookiemookie]

Duc said it best.

I suppose putting your country ahead of your party for just one day out of the year is probably too much to ask.

[Bilge_Rat]

RIP America...:salute:


...can I have dibs on Florida...:D

[Sailor Steve]

Oh look, it got fixed again. Looks right this time. :sunny:

And yes, Bilge_Rat, you can have Florida...but only if you take it with you. :O:

[Halgarre]

Happy late 4th. This is BBQ, 13 hours in the making. Top to bottom: Sirloin tip for pulled beef and two Boston Butt's for pulled pork.

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9440/7412smoke.jpg

[krashkart]

^^ That's some proper eatin' right there. :rock:

[Onkel Neal]

Nice job, Halgarre :up:

[Fubar2Niner]

Thats one nice looking BBQ Halgarre, just that top rack would do me fine. Washed down with a few cold ones :()1:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

[Jimbuna]

Thats one nice looking BBQ Halgarre, just that top rack would do me fine. Washed down with a few cold ones :()1:

Best regards.

Fubar2Niner

DITTO :Kaleun_Cheers:

[Halgarre]

Thanks everyone, I had a blast doing it. My Father in Law kept me supplied in beer and we watched Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan while adding chips from time to time. Dinnertime, my in-laws went crazy saying how good it was and my Mother in Law said she was going to hand me a blank check for the holidays.

I had told my Father in Law that smoking was like a Zen experience, the smell of the wood, meat and relaxing in front of a smoker with a beer or five. He sat with me and we watched Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan while adding chips. He's became a believer.

Sitting outside watching the fireworks while eating BBQ, Potato Salad, Baked beans, Mac and Cheese, Cole Slaw, and Banana Pudding with family, it was a great 4th.