Why We Celebrate The 4th of July: Independence Day

Why We Celebrate The 4th of July - USA from Chuck Thompson

Above is the 7th Virginia planning their war strategy for an upcoming battle.

The largest cavalry battle of the American Revolution took place right here in Gloucester, Virginia.

We fought for our Independence from England partially because of taxation without representation.  Does anyone see anything similar today?

The king thought he had a right to treat his British subjects in these colonies as he saw fit.  The American colonies were flourishing in part because we gave up trying to use the kings coin for trading and debts and instead created our own script.  The king outlawed us using our own script nearly bankrupting the colonies.  The extra taxes without representation was insult to injury.

The British burned our houses and destroyed our crops.  But never our spirit.

The French came to our aid in the battle.

The Marquis de Lafayette came over with his and the king of France's frigates and infantry to assist us.

With perseverance we won the day against tyranny.  We need to stand up once again and claim what is right and demand our inherent rights no longer be infringed upon.   Happy 4th of July and may America see many more with great pride and dignity.

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4th of July, Lemon Pie - Recipe Of The Day

This image shows a whole and a cut lemon. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Take a deep dish, grate into it the outside of the rind of two lemons;
add to that a cup and a half of white sugar, two heaping
tablespoonfuls of unsifted flour, or one of cornstarch; stir it well
together, then add the yolks of three well-beaten eggs, beat this
thoroughly, then add the juice of the lemons, two cups of water and a
piece of butter the size of a walnut. Set this on the fire in another
dish containing boiling water and cook it until it thickens, and will
dip up on the spoon like cold honey. Remove from the fire, and when
cooled, pour it into a deep pie-tin, lined with pastry; bake, and when
done, have ready the whites, beaten stiff, with three small
tablespoonfuls of sugar. Spread this over the top and return to the
oven, to set and brown slightly. This makes a deep, large sized pie,
and very superior.

Make something Extraordinary today.

Shaker Lemon Pie (Photo credit: Elaine with Grey Cats)

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National Anthem Fife and Drums Style - Colonial Williamsburg Senior Corp

Ladies and Gentlemen, our National Anthem as played by the Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drum Senior Corp.  Happy 4th of July.

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Gloucester Point Fireworks Show Part One

This is part one of our video from the fireworks at Gloucester Point shot back on the 4th of July of 2010.  We won't be in the area this year but we wanted to share these videos with you and wish you the best 4th ever.

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Colonial Williamsburg Fife and Drums From July 4th, 2009

Starting at 8:15 PM prior to the fireworks in Colonial Williamsburg was the Fife and Drum corp playing on stage performing a 1 hour show. The show started with the Junior corp followed by the elite members of the senior corp and then the entire senior corp. At the end of the show, the fireworks began. This year was much better coordinated than previous years. We filmed all but two tunes due to having to change batteries and cards. We are working on hosting everything we captured as fast as we can process it. Here is one of the clips from that set.

This is the Junior corp on stage.