4TH OF JULY!!!

WE SPENT THE FOURTH OF JULY AT A LOCAL CENTER CALLED MARKET STREET! WE HAD PLANNED TO GET THERE EARLY FOR A GOOD SPOT, BUT WE GOT THERE EARLIER THAN PLANNED BECAUSE OUR GIRLS FOR SOME REASON BOTH WOKE UP AROUND 5:00 AM. SO INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM BACK TO BED, WE GOT UP, DRESSED, GRABBED SOME FOOD AND HAD THE BEST SPOT IN TOWN! WE ALL NAPPED WELL!!!

HANGING OUT WAITING FOR THE PARADE TO START!
MY HUBBY AND I RECENTLY WATCHED THE HBO FILM SERIES "JOHN ADAMS" AND I LEARNED A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS WONDERFUL HOLIDAY, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE IT WITH YOU! A FEW DID YOU KNOWS?........

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!!!