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Happy 4th of July to all the starry-stripey modeling folks out there!

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Posted by mississippivol on Thursday, July 4, 2013 12:54 PM

..........do I sound too much like a Yankee...........Embarrassed

 

Yes

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Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Thursday, July 4, 2013 7:27 AM

did folks here forget Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 1863 ?

Final day of the battle was July 3rd.........

....and Vicksburg surrendered July 4th 1863

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..........do I sound too much like a Yankee...........Embarrassed

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Posted by pyrman64 on Thursday, July 4, 2013 6:50 AM

70 years ago today, the Battle of Kursk, the largest full-scale battle in history and the world's largest tank battle, began in Prokhorovka village.

Greg H

"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." Gen. Wm T. Sherman (11 April 1880, Columbus, Ohio)

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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 10:15 PM

And the 37th Anniversary of the Entebbe Rescue ;-) A good day in history.

 

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Posted by subfixer on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 9:49 PM

It is also the Republic of the Philippines' Independence Day, just so everyone knows. They received it from the USA in 1946.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_4

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Happy 4th of July to all the starry-stripey modeling folks out there!
Posted by dirkpitt77 on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 6:50 PM

   WOOT!   BeerCake span="" id="mce_marker" data-mce-type="bookmark">

   Hey, where's the darn American flag emoticon? This forum out of all of em should have one!

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