4th of July weekend...

[JJ]

Starts TOMORROW...Friday, July 2nd...Don't forget to FLY YOUR FLAG if you have one...

Happy Independence Day Weekend!!

[Two Checks]

Everyone has a 4th of July weekend but for us it's INDEPENDENCE DAY weekend! 

[JJ]

Everyone has a 4th of July weekend but for us it's INDEPENDENCE DAY weekend! 

Noted and MODIFIED!  Thank you!

[Scout63]

Most important day. Thanks for reminding us.

[JJ]

Most important day. Thanks for reminding us.

Agreed....

[ToddK]

Especially thanks for the flag reminder. Been meaning to get one, that's priority one for tomorrow!
God bless America!

[Guzzistajohn]

Have a Happy, Safe Independence Day everyone!!

[Perazzimx14]

I proudly fly the stars and stripes 365 days a year and have done so for many years. Its not flown for decoration or only on special occasions its flown everyday for respect and to honor this great country and those who fought to protect it.

 

[ampm7]

Wish all you guys a happy and patriotic 4th of July.

[LowRyter]

Happy 4th.

always my favorite holiday as a kid, picnic and fireworks.....!

[Bulldog9]

Starts TOMORROW...Friday, July 2nd...Don't forget to FLY YOUR FLAG if you have one...

Happy Independence Day Weekend!!

Absolutely, fly it every day, and on every vehicle..... Bleed red white and blue....

[JJ]

I proudly fly the stars and stripes 365 days a year and have done so for many years. Its not flown for decoration or only on special occasions its flown everyday for respect and to honor this great country and those who fought to protect it.

"Home of the FREE.....Because of the Brave"

[Turin]

everybody keep your fingers attached !

[JJ]

Happy Independence Day everyone!! 

[blackcat]

And a Guzzi in front of Fraunces Tavern.


"In August 1775, Americans, principally the 'Hearts of Oak' – a student militia of Kings College, of which Alexander Hamilton was a member – took possession of cannons from the artillery battery at the southern point of Manhattan and fired on HMS Asia. The British Royal Navy ship retaliated by firing a 32-gun broadside on the city, sending a cannonball through the roof of the building."

"A week after British troops had evacuated New York on November 25, 1783, the tavern hosted an elaborate "turtle feast" dinner, on December 4, 1783, in the building's Long Room for U.S. Gen. George Washington during which he bade farewell to his officers of the Continental Army by saying "[w]ith a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable."

[Iron Cross Junction]

And a Guzzi in front of Fraunces Tavern.


"In August 1775, Americans, principally the 'Hearts of Oak' – a student militia of Kings College, of which Alexander Hamilton was a member – took possession of cannons from the artillery battery at the southern point of Manhattan and fired on HMS Asia. The British Royal Navy ship retaliated by firing a 32-gun broadside on the city, sending a cannonball through the roof of the building."

"A week after British troops had evacuated New York on November 25, 1783, the tavern hosted an elaborate "turtle feast" dinner, on December 4, 1783, in the building's Long Room for U.S. Gen. George Washington during which he bade farewell to his officers of the Continental Army by saying "[w]ith a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable."

GREAT stuff, 'cat.

Aside from the main flagpole with its contemporary Stars & Stripes, on Independence Day, we also fly at our gate two historic flags.  Given your mention and knowledge of the famous Fraunces Tavern, you and others here may recognize both flags, i.e., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Union_Flag and https://www.philipmarcsonsofliberty.com/washingtons-position-or-headquarters-flag.html#/.








It all is easy up, and easy down ... at least with "staff."   





Inasmuch as this is a Guzzi site and you included your lovely LeMans, I'll end with this one from the same top-of-Virginia location, but a few years ago ...





Come back and visit again sometime on your Fla. - N.Y. runs; we run a pretty inexpensive B&B.   

Bill

P.S.  As additional proof of my eccentricity (as if more were needed  ), we also celebrate Evacuation Day with flags, in many respects because, undeterred by the greased flagpole, "we" made sure that the Redcoats' last view of Manhattan included the U.S. flag, not the Union Jack.    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evacuation_Day_(New_York).

[JJ]

And a Guzzi in front of Fraunces Tavern.


"In August 1775, Americans, principally the 'Hearts of Oak' – a student militia of Kings College, of which Alexander Hamilton was a member – took possession of cannons from the artillery battery at the southern point of Manhattan and fired on HMS Asia. The British Royal Navy ship retaliated by firing a 32-gun broadside on the city, sending a cannonball through the roof of the building."

"A week after British troops had evacuated New York on November 25, 1783, the tavern hosted an elaborate "turtle feast" dinner, on December 4, 1783, in the building's Long Room for U.S. Gen. George Washington during which he bade farewell to his officers of the Continental Army by saying "[w]ith a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable."

LOVE "Rev-War" history stories like this!  Thanks for sharing. 

Where I was born, (Poughkeepsie, NY), and grew up, (Red Hook / Rhinebeck / Fishkill / Beacon the Mid-Hudson Valley / West Point, etc.), there is a TON of Rev-War history and facts and things that happened around there during that time...

Yes, the good ol' tavern was truly the cradle of American liberty.....

[Guzzi Gal]

Happy Independence Day!

[Iron Cross Junction]

LOVE "Rev-War" history stories like this!  Thanks for sharing. 

Where I was born, (Poughkeepsie, NY), and grew up, (Red Hook / Rhinebeck / Fishkill / Beacon the Mid-Hudson Valley / West Point, etc.), there is a TON of Rev-War history and facts and things that happened around there during that time...

Yes, the good ol' tavern was truly the cradle of American liberty.....

I taught at USMA, West Point.  When I had the cadets terrorized with some pop quiz or other entertainment, I would walk to the classroom window -- as department exec, I always ensured that the head prof and I had such  -- and would look out on the Hudson and the opposite shore.  It is impossible, even two-plus centuries later, to see such scenes, be aware of the history that unfolded here, and not have thoughts of the great chain, Stony Point, HMS Vulture, and so much more.

OTOH, as a southerner, I would be remiss not to point out that the Southern Campaign of that war is, other than Yorktown, often overlooked.  My 5th-great grandfather was with the 2d and 4th Maryland Regiments of the Continental Line from 1776 -83.  He fought at Brandywine and Germantown, then took the Continental Army tour bus -- his feet! -- to North and South Carolina, where he saw action at Camden, Guilford Courthouse, and Eutaw Springs.  Not sure how he missed Cowpens, but might be for same reason that some say we lost at Eutaw Springs -- forgetting the Brits while looting their rum wagons!     I have wondered if the serious hip wound he sustained was a pension-application euphemism for "shot while running away."   

But, God bless him and all his fellows. Hard lives -- and deaths -- that made the difference.

Bill

[LowRyter]

 

[JJ]

Now THAT...was a BIG CHAIN!!