In his Op-Ed for GraniteGrok (“The Birth of a Nation (and the death of another): Juneteenth National Independence Day”), he told us what our future history was going to be:
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The Birth of a Nation (and the death of another): “Juneteenth National Independence Day”
by Skip
Check out the above picture of the celebration when the bill establishing this “Juneteenth National Independence Day” passed the House. “White savior” Nancy in the middle. While I know that the folks on the left were not actually engaging in Nazi salutes,
Independence Day – Observed
by Rick Notkin
We just passed July 4th, what most people the world over consider American Independence Day. (That’s independence from the British Crown, for those currently in public school.)
Check out the Fireworks from the Londonderry Fish and Game Club
Virus Socialism got its wish. It shut down government-sponsored Independence Day celebrations all over the nation and right here in New Hampshire, or dialed them back. That did not, however, stop the people from celebrating.
Notable Quote – from Regina Barnes
by Skip
Quote of the weekend, thanks to a dear friend for sharing some #wordtruth “If you cancel your 4th of July plans because the government is forcing you to, then you are missing the whole point of Independence Day“ –Regina Barnes (candidate, NH State Senate District 24)
Don’t Gather for the 4th of July Unless it is to Protest the 4th of July
COVID19 is of such grave concern to the left that they are cautioning ‘Americans’ not to gather to celebrate independence day unless you are gathering to protest it, then, by all means, as you were.
ReopenNH – Independence Day Celebration at State House
by Op-Ed
EAST DERRY, N.H.—With many communities around the state canceling traditional Independence Day celebrations, parades, and fireworks displays on July 4 this year for spurious reasons, ReopenNH is calling all patriots to celebrate American liberty together at the New Hampshire State House from noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Independence Day – A Reminder of Our Daily Battle To Prevent Modern Day Slavery
On this Independence Day, our mission is and continues to be to push back against the advance of Leftist priorities regardless of who promotes them. Goals that take your sweat and intellectual equity and convert them into oppression – ideas that make us into slaves of the state.
2018 Independence Day Week Events in New Hampshire
Care of the New Hampshire Union Leader here is a partial list of Independence Day Events this week all across the state. Parades, fireworks, balloon rides, socials, car shows, block parties, “breakfasts” picnics and more.
You can visit the Union Leader for updates or changes or check with your local town for details.
RightOnline Bloggers – Write On-Line About Independence Day
The bloggers of RightOnline 2012–sounds like a bad idea for a calendar–took to the internet yesterday to share some thoughts on the 236th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence. And some of those shared posts with each other. I thought it would be helpful to compile a few here at GraniteGrok.
Where there was more than on post offered I selected a single article to feature here. This does not necessarily mean it was the best of the lot so I encourage you to browse for these and other excellent observations when you visit. And feel free to add any or all of these folks to your on-line reading list.
Here are their thoughts or observations in particualr order.
It is One Thing to Declare Independence…It is Another Thing Entirely to Have it.
It is a well reported truism that Independence day, the 4th of July, the day selected as the one on which we told our oppressors we’d take no more, that Republican’s and Conservatives, Libertarians as well, reap more significant social and political benefits than our Liberal and Democrat/Progressive opponents. The people who support the left are just not as in to it. Telling.
So this is not much different than the way many Democrats who run for elected office pander to their still-majority religious nation of ‘God-fearing’ peasants. The patriotism is an act. They pretend to admire the documents and ideas that, at their core, stand between them and the kind of government they prefer. They rearrange the words, and change the meanings to justify acts that reduce us to little more than slaves; either to finance their ambitions or as the impoverished recipients of them. Reduced to subsistence defined by a distant tyrant whose swarms of Officers harass our people, and eat out their substance.
What the left espouses as patriotism would more accurately be defined as Nationalism. The state and the party before all else. Not much different than having a king, something we said we didn’t want 236 years ago.
Which reminds us. It is one thing to declare Independence. It is another thing entirely to have it.
We live in a Republic. Your states are sovereign. Unshackle yourself from the distant tyrant. Just say No to Obama. And if we say no together, there is not much he or any progressive tyrant can do about it. Without us, they are nothing.
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Fourth of July – celebrate the day that we declared our Independence from a King
by Skip
Listen to our national anthem by Madison Rising:
We at the ‘Grok are thankful for the blessings that God have given us – indeed, without our Creator who has watched over this nation ’til now, we’d just be yet another country. But He inspired, I believe, our Founders who laid the foundations of this great nation – and they freely acknowledged that Gift from Him: Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. Inalienable Rights. The radical idea that we were individuals, sovereign citizens, and not subjects.
We also thank those that have served our country in uniform, willing to put their lives on the line for hard work, no fame and little money. As a non-veteran (but double Blue Star Dad) I appreciate our veterans here at the ‘Grok more and more for not only their uniformed service:
- Tim Condon (US Marines)
- Rick Olsen (US Marines)
- Mike Rogers (Royal Marines)
- Don Ewing (Army)
But also for their continued allegiance to their oaths and their continued fight for the sake of Individual Liberty and Freedom. See a Vet? Give them a heartful “Thank You” – they have earned it.
We also remember on this Day in those that believed in that Founders Vision and in the principles on which it was grounded enough to give up their all on order to give us this day.
A rock version of the music video after the jump
(H/T: The Blaze)
Will it be Independence Day tomorrow, or?
by Skip
(H/T: NetRightDaily) Remember, November is coming!
Calvin Coolidge, July 4th, 1926
In 1926 President Calvin Coolidge gave a speech, an independence day address. It has just come to may attention, and I enjoyed it so much I felt obliged to share it.
We meet to celebrate the birthday of America. The coming of a new life always excites our interest. Although we know in the case of the individual that it has been an infinite repetition reaching back beyond our vision, that only makes it the more wonderful. But how our interest and wonder increase when we behold the miracle of the birth of a new nation. It is to pay our tribute of reverence and respect to those who participated in such a mighty event that we annually observe the fourth day of July. Whatever may have been the impression created by the news which went out from this city on that summer day in 1776, there can be no doubt as to the estimate which is now placed upon it. At the end of 150 years the four corners of the earth unite in coming to Philadelphia as to a holy shrine in grateful acknowledgment of a service so great, which a few inspired men here rendered to humanity, that it is still the preeminent support of free government throughout the world.