Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Ways We Celebrate Independence Day

Did you know that Congress actually voted to declare independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, but we celebrate Independence Day on the day the wording of the Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776?

13 Ways we Celebrate the Fourth:

1. Watching and/or marching in our little town's parade


2. Exercising our freedom by feeding leaves to a goat just because we want to (and he looked hungry)!

3. Petting a goose because really what is more festive than that?!!



4. Singing "Happy Birthday" to America

5. Putting the kids in a cage!



6. Seeing how strong we are

7. Eating tons of watermelon and hot dogs.

8. Dressing the whole family in red, white, and blue (even the dog has a bandana)!

9. Attending our church's patriotic service complete with all the great songs -- My Country Tis of Thee, America the Beautiful, God Bless America, This Land is Your Land, Your a Grand Old Flag, The Star Spangled Banner!

10. Consoling our kids as they scream and cry through the fireworks display over the football field outside our church.

11. Being thankful for those strong, wise men who wrote these words on the first Independence Day, "
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".

12. Praising God for America, for the privilege to call this country our home, the freedom and prosperity we have as a nation.

13. Praying that our country will remember, "from everyone who has been given much shall much be required," (Luke 12:48) and that we will "Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God." 1 Peter 2:16.

Happy 4th of July!

Check out Thankful Thursday,
Thousand Words Thursday, Thursday Thirteen, and Thursday {Thirteen}

17 comments:

  1. happy 4th of july to you. God bless you and your family more. happy TT.

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  2. I've only marched in parades a couple of times. Sure was fun.

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  3. cool! happy independence day to you!

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  4. Enjoy your holiday weekend sweetie.

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  5. very cute!!... I'm sure the kids had great fun.. inside the cage..:)

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  6. How FUN!!! Have a wonderful 4th of July!! :D

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  7. That looks like a lot of fun! Happy 4th.

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  8. Hope you and your family have a happy July 4th!

    Hope you have a wonderful day!
    Karen

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  9. What a wonderful post and great pics! I like that you reminded us that "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".

    I love that they put these rights were endowed by our Creator!

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  10. Very fun. Happy fourth to you.

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  11. Sounds like lots of fun to me! Happy 4th you and yours.

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  12. Sweet traditions. Bet your kids will have lots of happy memories! :)

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  13. Haha, I'd be afraid to get too close to a goose!

    Great 13 :)

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  14. This is a beautiful post! Indeed we must all be thankful for the freedom that we have...

    I also joined this week's meme so hope you come by and visit... Happy 4th of July!

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  15. Great photos... Love this time of year. Hugs.

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