July 4th weekend, folks on the move, many feeling homebound, shut-up for a while, more people traveling than at any time in over the past 18 to 24 months … hopefully all using good common sense, looking for a few days to relax, spend time with family and friends … Sometimes we forget, some are determined to ‘text and drive’ … Time for patience … Hopefully it will be a safe, fun, weekend…
As youngsters, as share-croppers, we were busy, the whole family doing chores, ‘cropping tobacco’, lady folks and the younger ones ‘stringing tobacco’. I realize many never heard of such a thing … Maybe a get-together as a youth group at church and have a ‘social’, roast hot dogs, maybe marshmallows … That was fun, but hot…
Few had air-conditioning, only a few hand-held fans provided by the funeral home, or a local retail outlet that passed them out … Things are different now…
We are a blessed nation … Give thanks…
Many will be at White Lake, some involved in sports with youngsters … A reminder of the fireworks at the lake Sunday, 9 p.m.
Some will be shopping at the sidewalk sale in downtown Elizabethtown…
Perfect July 4th weather forecast … Sunny today with a high near 86. Clear tonight, with a low around 63. Sunny on Independence Day, with a high near 91 … and clear Sunday night with a low around 66…
July 4th, a time to celebrate the separation from the British Empire in 1776 and the founding of our great country, the United States of America.
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” Ronald Reagan
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.” George Washington
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Thomas Jefferson
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