Thanks very much, Simon.Just to wish all our friends and colleagues in the United States Of America a happy and carefree 4th of July!
From all your friends, Brothers and Sisters from across the seas!
Thanks very much, Simon.Just to wish all our friends and colleagues in the United States Of America a happy and carefree 4th of July!
From all your friends, Brothers and Sisters from across the seas!
All the things that needed to fall into place did, by the Hand of Providence, or we'd all be talking like Bostonians and wishing Prince Charles had never met Camilla doggone!The French navy was decisive at Yorktown and is largely credited with helping us to be victorious.
My friend, I needed that, if for no other reason than to remind me that us proud and mostly ignorant Americans come from good stock, and that I actually DO have something in common with a Founding Father! Thank you.Having taught for over a decade before switching careers, I heard this refrain all too often! If Thomas Jefferson was a typical student today, no doubt the language used wouldn't be as poetic.
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It would be eight more years until the colonies were truly independent.