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Happy Fourth of July

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We just got back from a camping trip. Our Husky is terrified of fireworks so we took her as far away as from possible fireworks as we could. Went to an area that has banned fireworks due to recent fires. There were some sounds way off in the distance that did upset her a little, but it was noting like it has been in the past when we stayed home.
 
JPSmit said:
Hoping you have a day filled with family and fun.

Hoping to we remember the significance of this date.

:cheers:
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We do. By the way, the Declaration was actually signed (by most of the delegates) on August 2nd (coincidentally my birthday).

PS: "He who drinks a fifth on the fourth, might not go fourth on the fifth." (--unknown)
 
AngliaGT said:
So JP,did you celebrate the 4th?
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We used to celebrate both - and even more so both thanksgivings. With the kids older and gone not so much.
 
NutmegCT said:
(trick question ...)

The first president of the United States was ....?
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There were several men who bore the title "President" before the Constitution was ratified. None of them had executive powers as Washington did. Washington was the first who was actually the President and chief executive under the Constitution. Am I close?
 
ding ding ding! Right on the nose! Washington was the first president of the US under the constitution of 1788. But ... John Hanson was the first (of eight in total) President of the United States in Congress Assembled, under the Articles of Confederation. No real power, but he had a nice desk.
 
NutmegCT said:
ding ding ding! Right on the nose! Washington was the first president of the US under the constitution of 1788. But ... John Hanson was the first (of eight in total) President of the United States in Congress Assembled, under the Articles of Confederation. No real power, but he had a nice desk.
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I think Peyton Randolph and (very briefly) Henry Middleton may have preceded Hanson.
 
Right you are again; they were both presidents before Hanson.. But Randolph and Middleton were presidents of the Continental Congress, not the newly independent US under the Articles.
 
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