Here is wishing all our US members a very happy Independence Day
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A painting of the celebration of July 4th 1819, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by John Lewis Krimmel (a German-American immigrant painter active in Pennsylvania during the 1810's.)

The leftmost tent has a U.S. flag above a portrait of George Washington above a depiction of a naval battle of the War of 1812 (with slogan "Don't give up the Ship").

The rightmost tent has a flag of the state of Pennsylvania (motto "Virtue, Liberty, Independence") above a depiction of "The Battle of New Orleans".

Benjamin Latrobe's waterworks building is in the background.

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Thanks, guys!!!!!

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Speaking of pictures ----

This picture, originally called "Yankee Doodle" is now one of the most famous patriotic paintings in the U.S. It is titled "The Spirit of 76" and was painted by Archibald Willard. Willard lived in my town, Wellington Ohio and was a painter for a local carriage factory. On the 4th of July in the early 1870s he was watching a local parade from the upstairs window of the carriage shop and sketched the three local men leading the parade. He later moved to New York to study art and painted the picture from his sketch. The sketch and several of his early versions of "Yankee Doodle" reside in our local museum.

Have a happy and safe Indepedence Day!
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This may be of a surprise for some, I don't know............ it certainly was for me.

Happy 4th of July

This may be of a surprise for some, I don't know............ it certainly was for me.

Happy 4th of July


Thats the first I recall hearing it, and I have been to the Bell, in 1976 no less.

I doubt it has changed much.:)

Thats the first I recall hearing it, and I have been to the Bell, in 1976 no less.

I doubt it has changed much.:)

No, they're still waiting for Pass and Stow to fix it. They say the issue was bad design, not their casting. It also seems there are scheduling issues, and problems with material suppliers. They have a call in, though. :lol:

This may be of a surprise for some, I don't know............ it certainly was for me.

Happy 4th of July

Read http://www.libertybellmuseum.com/faqs.htm#cracj for further discussion about the Liberty Bell cracking. The story is more involved than the "It cracked when it was first rung," although that appears to be true for the original bell.

Wes R.

No, they're still waiting for Pass and Stow to fix it. They say the issue was bad design, not their casting. It also seems there are scheduling issues, and problems with material suppliers. They have a call in, though. :lol:

If only they had this level of testing then:
http://www.asnt.org/publications/materialseval/solution/sep03solution/sep03sol.htm

Javier,
Here in Erie Pennsylvania we have a working version of the flagship Niagra,
which still sails the great lakes.
It was the ship in which Oliver Hazzard Perry raised the flag
"Don't give up the ship"
The original ship was raised out of Misery bay here in Erie in the early 1900's
and some of the pieces are in our museum.
just an FYI

Dear All US Quality Experts,

Wish you Happy and Wonderful 4th July :magic:

Regards
Sasikumar
India

On Monday I went to a friend's parents house for picnic. She asked me to get some family photos since her brother was going to Iraq soon (part-time photographer) so I said no problem.

Her 3 brothers & father are all Army people, and various other relatives either military or ex. When the one brother found out I was ex-Navy, he said "Oh, your a veteran too? God bless you man" and shook my hand.

Wow...

Jerry:cool: