4th of July ~ Porch Party ~ Barbecued Spareribs Day

 

Good sunny 49º morning.

 

Happy 4th of July!!!

God Bless America! God Bless our Military and their families!

God Bless all of you ♥ my family and friends!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...and my Maggie is patriotic today too....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year. The Aphelion (  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphelion  ), the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.

 

 

Historically this date....

1776 – American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence

1826 – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, dies the same day as John Adams, second president of the United States, on the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams

1831 – Samuel Francis Smith wrote My Country, 'Tis of Thee for the Boston, MA July 4th festivities.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Country,_%27Tis_of_Thee

1886 – The people of France offer the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty 

1939 – Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth" as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig

1946 – After 381 years of near-continuous colonial rule by various powers, the Philippines attains full independence from the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines

2009 – The Statue of Liberty's crown reopens to the public after 8 years, due to security reasons following the World Trade Center attacks.

 

 

And births this date include....

1816 – Hiram Walker, American grocer and distiller (d. 1899)

Maker of wonderful flavored brandy and schnapps....

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Walker

 

1872 – Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States (d. 1933)

 

 

 

 

 

Kristen works at Calvin Coolidge Elementary School!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge

 

1882 – Louis B. Mayer, American film producer (d. 1957)

 

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_B._Mayer

 

1883 – Rube Goldberg, American cartoonist (d. 1970)

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg

 

1902 – George Murphy, American entertainer (d. 1992)

Dancer, actor, Republican Senator

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Murphy

 

1918 – Ann Landers, American advice columnist (d. 2002)

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Landers

 

1918 – Abigail Van Buren, American advice columnist

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Phillips

 

1924 – Eva Marie Saint, American actress

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Marie_Saint

 

1927 – Gina Lollobrigida, Italian actress

 

   

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Lollobrigida

 

1927 – Neil Simon, American playwright

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Simon

1929 – Al Davis, American businessman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Davis

1930 – George Steinbrenner, American businessman (d. 2010)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Steinbrenner

1931 – Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish actor (d. 1977)

 

 

 

 

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Boyd

 

1943 – Emerson Boozer, American football player

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor man! What a horrible name to be stuck with!

Then to top it off he went to "Lucy Laney High School" in Augusta Georgia! Now, Lucy Laney was the daughter of a freed slave. My grandparents had slaves, who later became free, and most took the family name of Laney, and a lot of them stayed on the farm and worked for my grandparents. Interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Boozer

 

 

The 'porch party' yesterday for PJ's birthday was great. I told her I was glad she had a birthday so we had an excuse to par-tay! 14 of us stuck out the heat and enjoyed some awesome food

 

 

 

 

 

... PJ/Dave, Deb/Tom, PatC/Tim, Barb, Dee/Dale, Joe, Candy/Bob, Mike (PJ's sister), Baron (Bob/Candy's Brittany), Maggie and Harley.... We were missing Joann (in CA visiting her daughter), Jeannie/Bill (fixing AC on motorhome and leaving town today), Pam (working), Frank/Cindy (unk excuse!!!)

 

All I know. Nuff said. HAPPY 4th of JULY! I will be watching The Capitol 4th, Macy's Fireworks, and the Boston Pops.

xo

Mom-Soupy-Sue

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 4th

National Barbecued Spareribs Day