Apple Pie on the 4th!!!
Yep that’s right you can get a slice of apple pie this morning at Denny’s (America’s diner), no french fries, no gravy, no cheese curds…just hot and delicious. Exactly the way our founding fathers intended.
Excellent post Boomer. and happy 4th to all(http://largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
“But what do we mean by the American Revolution? Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in their religious sentiments, of their duties and obligations. … This radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections of the people was the real American Revolution.” —John Adams (1818)
For everyone that: Dreams it, Makes it, Builds it, Delivers it, Sells it, Cooks it, Guards it, Cares for it, Teaches it, Protects it, Cures it, Defends it and all the rest who pass it on to the next generation… You are America!
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Yes… I am going to run you guys Bats**t crazy with this all day.
Emigrant Nation!!!
The history of the name Cahill begins long before Irish names were translated into English. The original Gaelic form of Cahill was Mac Cathail or O Cathail, which is derived from the personal name Cathal, which is generally Anglicized as Charles. Cahill is derived from the Old Irish catu-ualos which means valor or powerful in battle.
Changed to Caghyle in English and to Keel (spelled phonetically) in 1730 when the clan arrived in the colonies and settled in South Carolina.
Always trouble makers multiple family members were early joiners of the cause for independence and fought in the battles at King’s Mountain and at Cowpens. Four family members are found in the records of the DAR.
Family Motto: I would fight a revolution against tyranny for a Klondike bar… okay this may not be the actual motto but it works for me.
Random history fact, we really should have celebrated on the 2nd of July, but not all of the colonies had rarified the declaration until the 4th. The signers/delegates all signed on the 2nd of July. Some of the primary source documents from this era point to July 2 as “Independence Day”.
And only about 30- 40% of the population was actually favoring breaking away from England. The other 60-70% either didn’t care, or wanted to be Loyalists.
Also, many of the “rebels” where worried that they would be convicted of treason once Parliament found out about the Declaration of Independence. I will have to check my dates, but I think that Parliament finally received the Declartion of Independence in early/late fall. No Twitter in the 18th Century! 
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/when-is-the-real-independence-day-july-2-or-july-4
Hitting midday and starting to think about food for the fourth… come on you all knew BBQ was going to make an appearance in this thread sooner or later.
Here is how I do it:
Alas all BBQ is not created equal…
Turns out the kids are all staying in town to watch the fireworks show tonight… so it is just Mrs Boomer and I. Their loss as we decided to thaw some T-bones and have steak.
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Beats the poop out of that gravy/cheese/french fry/doughnut thing…
Greg
Topaz and I were up at 06:00 to post the colors… Been flying the “Betsy Ross battle flag of the Continental Army” over the railroad all day. She seemed pretty excited but it could be that on Tuesdays she gets tuna-fish treats.
See…got some train content in this thread.
What raises one of us raises us all…
Boomer K. said:
Hitting midday and starting to think about food for the fourth… come on you all knew BBQ was going to make an appearance in this thread sooner or later.
Here is how I do it:
Alas all BBQ is not created equal…
Turns out the kids are all staying in town to watch the fireworks show tonight… so it is just Mrs Boomer and I. Their loss as we decided to thaw some T-bones and have steak.
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What, no bacon?
What, no ballast?