HANGING OUT WAITING FOR THE PARADE TO START!
1- DID YOU KNOW THAT THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN ADAMS DID NOT ALWAYS GET ALONG?
2- DID YOU KNOW THAT ABIGAIL ADAMS LEFT HER CHILDREN IN AMERICA FOR YEARS AND JOINED HER HUSBAND IN FRANCE BECAUSE HE "NEEDED HER SUPPORT"?
3- DID YOU KNOW THAT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN CHANGED ONE WORD IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
4-DID YOU KNOW THAT JOHN ADAMS WAS THE SECOND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND LIVED IN AN UNFINISHED WHITE HOUSE DURING HIS LAST TERM?
5-DID YOU KNOW THAT HIS SON WAS THE 4TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES?
6- DID YOU KNOW THAT JOHN ADAMS, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, AND THOMAS JEFFERSON WOULD HAVE BEEN HANGED BY THE KING IF THEY HAD BEEN CAUGHT WRITING A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, BUT THEY DID IT ANYWAY?
7-DID YOU KNOW THAT THOMAS JEFFERSON AND JOHN ADAMS WERE THE LAST TWO TO DIE THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR FREE COUNTRY? THE DIED THE SAME DAY-- JULY 4TH, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR COUNTRY'S BIRTH?
I COULD GO ALL DAY WITH THINGS I LEARNED ABOUT THIS GREAT NATION, BUT MY BABY JUST WOKE FROM HER NAP! THIS SERIES WAS LONG AND DETAILED, BUT I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT! PUT THE KIDS DOWN, TURN ON THE SUBTITLES (BECAUSE IT CAN BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND) AND LEARN!!!
THANKS TO THESE WONDERFUL MEN AND WOMEN, WE ARE FREE!!!
2 comments:
Hey Maggs!!! Looks like you guys are having a fun summer 'bumming around' and going to parades. I am sorry to hear Kylee has been sick - that's scary, but I am glad to read she is doing better. Your pictures are adorable, and the girls are getting so big!!!
Ok, Maggs, 5am sounds a little intimidating for me. I don't know if I can do this Mommy thing after all... although, I guess it's too late now. At least you got a killer spot at the parade! I LOVE the 4th of July, too. And that John Adams series sounds really interesting. I love that kind of stuff. Did you just rent it at the video store?
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