July 4, 2008 -- Happy Birthday USA!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24008092.post-58266523807678094592008-07-04T12:37:00.001-07:002008-07-04T12:49:38.910-07:00July 4, 2008 -- Happy Birthday USA!Please join in the Valley of the Shadow Annual Fundraiser. We are raising $7,700. Please hit the Tip Jar <a href="https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_flow&SESSION=hJp9UQiJwWo9qmEZiaZwi6Qo3kunqEO_-0hDZp9hnp0bu2pEmiQbBOpl-am&dispatch=5885d80a13c0db1f1ff80d546411d7f8a8350c132bc41e0934cfc023d4e8f9e5">here</a> to contribute. Thank you ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry for the radio silence. I've been working on some personal and professional issues these past few weeks. I'll be back to Blogging soon -- there is too much to talk about. But every year, I read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Patriots-Men-Started-American-Revolution/dp/0671675621/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215200697&sr=8-2">AJ Langguth's </a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Patriots-Men-Started-American-Revolution/dp/0671675621/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215200697&sr=8-2">Patriots</a>. This year is no different. Here is what he wrote: "When members of the <a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hlaw:@field(DOCID+@lit(jc00525))">[Continental] Congress </a>came to Jefferson's stirring conclusion, a majority thought it should include one last appeal to the power even greater then George III....They did not meddle with Jefferson's last oath, more solemn than anything they might devise: "'And for support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortune and our sacred honor'"On July 4, 1776, independence was declared in language worthy of it.'" -- Patriots, AJ Langguth, pg.362 Here is the <a href="http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html">Declaration of Independence</a>. Enjoy the fireworks wherever you are. <object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/MvTQebuwoO0&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/MvTQebuwoO0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.socialize-it.com/index.php?url=http://valley-of-the-shadow.blogspot.com/&tag=valley-of-the-shadow"><img alt="socialize it" src="http://www.socialize-it.com/socializeit.png" /></a>JSFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04112671583392607007noreply@blogger.com