HAPPY 4TH OF JULY !!

Today is the day for Picnics, where family and friends gather together and enjoy each others company.  They may play games, swim, eat real good food.  Along with many stories and perhaps watch Fireworks.....And have LOTS of fun!
                                               
                                              

DID YOU KNOW... 

July 4, 1776 -  After various changes to Jefferson's original draft, a vote was taken late in the afternoon of July 4th.  Of the 13 colonies, 9 voted in favour of the Declaration; 2, Pennsylvania and South Carolina voted No; Delaware was undecided and New York abstained.  John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.  It is said that he signed his name "with a great flourish" so "King George can read that without spectacles!"

                                                  

            

On July 4, 1777 - The first Independence Day celebration took place.  It's interesting to speculate what those first 4th festivities were like.  By the early 1800's the traditions of parades, picnics, and fireworks were firmly established as part of American Independence Day culture.  


                                                               

ON A LIGHTER NOTE:

Once, in the 1820's, a little boy called Sam was playing in the yard behind his house.  During his pretend fighting game, he knocked over the outhouse.  Now Sam was upset and worried that he would get into trouble so he ran into the woods and didn't come out until after got dark.  When he arrived back home, his pappy was waiting for him.  He asked suspiciously, "Son, did you knock over the outhouse this afternoon?"

"No, pappy," Sam lied.

                                            

"Well, let me tell you a story," said the father. "Once, not that long ago, Mr Lincoln received a shiny new axe from his father.  Excited, he tried it out on a tree, swiftly cutting it down.  But as he looked at the tree, with dismay he realized it was his mother's favorite cherry tree," his pappy paused." just like you, he ran into the woods. When he returned, his pappy asked, 'Abraham, did you cut down the cherry tree?'  Abraham answered with, 'Father, I cannot tell a lie. I did indeed chop down the tree.' Then his father said, 'Well, since you were honest with me, you are spared from punishment. I hope you have learned your lesson, though.' So," the Sam's father asked again," did you knock down the outhouse?"

"Pappy, I cannot tell a lie any more." said the little boy. "I did indeed knock down the outhouse."

Then his pappy father spanked Sam boy red, white, and blue. The boy whimpered, "Pappy, I told you the truth! Why did you spank me?"

Pappy answered, "That's because Abraham Lincoln's father wasn't in the tree when he chopped it down!"

                                                                    

I want to give a BIG thank you to Madame Samm and Thearica Burroughs for all their hard work on the "Put Your Stamp on it" Blog Hop.  It was a blast...All those talented quilters, such beautiful stamps.  I was in total AWWW every day. 

I also want to announce my winner to my giveaway.  The book:  "Wonderfully Whimsical Quilts" Written by Carol Burniston

I went to Random.org and the winner is:

             KRIS

CONGRATULATIONS!!!     I will be emailing you shortly for verification.

I want to also thank everyone that left me a comment and to help me decide on a printer.  I have purchased a HP and love it.  I cannot believe how clear my copies are.  I am now a printing fool.  LOL  


HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!

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