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Saw a LOT of people with flags and decorations yesterday, at the beach, at their homes. Got stuck in traffic on the Coronado bridge and noticed one family that lives on the island had some pretty strong signs posted. Something along the lines of "We've had enough, time to take things back."

My Dad told me a story the other day about George Washington. Was at the end of the war and soldiers were protesting because they hadn't been paid. Washington prepares to read them a speech he wrote, but asks for some time as he needs to don his reading glasses. Before he starts he says "Forgive me, I have worn out my body in the service of my country.". The protest ends before the speech is even finished.

Another apocryphal story of G. Washington:

Valley Forge winter camp. A recruit was cold and hungry in the miserable conditions. He saw Washington, an excellent horseman, riding down the road. The horse slipped on the ice and was heading for the ditch. George grabbed the horse around the neck and reared back using his strength and weight to set the horse back on the path.

At that point the recruit knew they were going to win the war with such a man leading them.

At least this year it'll be on a proper Friday so everyone can get roasted and shit faced without worrying about sobering up for 2 days.

Happy Original NO KINGS Day!

Al_Sharpton_for_President says

The USA Is An Extension Of Western Europe

Argentina was founded with this very sentiment.

Patrick says

Just learned about this Jew who helped to finance the American Revolution:

And we still are trying to pay off the loan.

komputodo says

Patrick says

Just learned about this Jew who helped to finance the American Revolution:

And we still are trying to pay off the loan.

Lol, maybe that's true. Has the US ever been without a national debt?

I really do hate this holiday. Bunch of people that cannot handle their booze. They already are going off at 1pm central around me. I'd like to just fly out to Montana and rent a 40 acre ranch in the middle of no where but that's expensive. I'd like to go back to this place though https://www.bookbigsky.com/property/Silvertip-Big-Sky No fireworks allow due to fires. But a big ranch would be ideal.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/sledgehammer-friday-july-4-2025-c

On July 4, 1776, as the ink dried on the Declaration of Independence, the city of New York braced for invasion. George Washington, standing under a giant elm on the Bowery, read the Declaration aloud to his troops —many shoeless, some illiterate— who roared with approval. That night, patriots tore down a statue of King George III and melted it into 42,088 bullets.

Not tourist trinkets. Bullets.

Those early patriots knew liberty wasn’t just a legal theory. Among other things, it was a fight. And when the time came, they acted, transforming dictatorial symbols into ammunition.

WookieMan says

I really do hate this holiday. Bunch of people that cannot handle their booze. They already are going off at 1pm central around me. I'd like to just fly out to Montana and rent a 40 acre ranch in the middle of no where but that's expensive. I'd like to go back to this place though https://www.bookbigsky.com/property/Silvertip-Big-Sky No fireworks allow due to fires. But a big ranch would be ideal.

Sounds like you live in a 'trailer park like' ghetto.

MolotovCocktail says

Sounds like you live in a 'trailer park like' ghetto

That's everywhere, except where you'll go to jail if you light off fireworks. Hence the link to the house in Moonlight Basin. The wealthiest place in Montana. Hell Justin Timberlake has a place in the Yellowstone Club. $2M to get in before getting a house.

But yeah, no trailers or trailer park like atmosphere here. The fireworks will be going off where you live. Unless you're in a gated community, fireworks by dip shits go off everywhere. There are dip shits in even nice communities. Look up Naperville or Geneva, IL, the backyard fireworks by people in town will be huge at $1-2M homes. It probably happens in wealthy areas more than trailer parks. They have the money for the big stuff.

MolotovCocktail says

Thank goodness you can look forward to seconds and thirds.

Patrick says

divorce was messy though

Patrick says

patriots tore down a statue of King George III and melted it into 42,088 bullets.

They made statues out of lead back then? Ain't nobody melting bronze for musket balls.

Happy Traitors' Day

-------------- From the people in England

Ceffer says

HeadSet says

They made statues out of lead back then? Ain't nobody melting bronze for musket balls.

Yes, lead.

On July 9, 1776, after the Declaration of Independence was read aloud in New York City, a crowd of patriots (including soldiers and civilians) marched to Bowling Green, where a 2,000-pound lead statue of King George III stood on horseback. They toppled it, decapitated it, and later melted it down.

The Fate of the Metal: 42,088 Bullets
The statue was made of lead (gilded with gold), which was extremely valuable for making musket balls.

According to accounts, the patriots transported the metal to Litchfield, Connecticut, where General Oliver Wolcott supervised its melting.

The lead was recast into 42,088 bullets for the Continental Army.

Historical Evidence
Eyewitness accounts confirm the event, including entries in the diary of Rev. Ewald Gustav Schaukirk.

Fragments of the statue were later found in the 19th century—some are now in the New-York Historical Society.

The original statue’s design (based on a famous equestrian statue of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius) was well-documented.

Legacy
The act was highly symbolic, marking the rejection of British rule.

The bullets were used in battles, turning the king’s likeness into weapons against his own troops—a powerful irony.

Next 4th have these huge gatherings at Newsom & Pelosi's houses...