HAPPY 4TH JULY FROM OZ

To those of you who celebrate 4th July (Independance Day), hope its a wonderful day for you, full of fun and laughter.
Theminis (Australia)

Happy 4th to everyone out there!! Katie, love the flags!!!!

Cool!

Just moving this to the non-George part of the forum.

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Happy 4th July to All who Celebrate it !

From England

Thanks! Love the Flags.....

Thank you for the flags we in the United States are very proud of our independence, and all the men who put there lives on the line for it..God Bless there Souls....and here is a little trivia for all of you!!


John Adams believed that July 2nd was the correct date on which to celebrate the birth of American independence, and would reportedly turn down invitations to appear at July 4th events in protest. Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826--the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.

Thanks for the happy July 4th wishes. Love the video JoJo and the flags Katie! Mighty thoughty of ya's!

phys major wrote:Thank you for the flags we in the United States are very proud of our independence, and all the men who put there lives on the line for it..God Bless there Souls....

Right, Happy Birthday, American!!

A tweet that made me laugh!

Donny Clay ‏@donnyclaytheway

Our forefathers founded this nation on notion that all men are created equal. So suck on that George Clooney and Ryan Reynolds.

Why do Americans use the date format mm/dd/yy,
yet still refer to this day using the English date
format of 4th of July?

To say 4th of July denotes the proper name of a holiday - an alternative name for Independence Day. The date format of mm/dd/yy is utilitarian in that it only denotes a specific calendar day and bears no formal significance.

This is my absolute favorite holiday. It's just about kicking back and relaxing with family and friends. It doesn't require weeks of prep. like Christmas or lots of cooking like Thanksgiving or Easter. And the guys can do the grilling! Happy 4th to all who celebrate it!

Happy 4th to all of you!

Ok, it's official! I've opened my Independence Day bottle of wine! Everybody's welcome to come over and join me!

Lakin460 wrote:To say 4th of July denotes the proper name of a holiday - an alternative name for Independence Day. The date format of mm/dd/yy is utilitarian in that it only denotes a specific calendar day and bears no formal significance.

Thanks for the explanation Lakin.

Enjoy your wine... and whatever you do while drinking it !

Cheers Lakin

and yet, the military, and most legal docs in the US, uses dd/mm/yyyy, putting the day of the month first

Maybe got left behind when the Brits
got kicked out ???