On this Fourth of July, Independence Day #241, so much to be grateful for, including among others things:
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I also think of lost-dead ancestors who, when it mattered most, stepped-up and did what what was needed in order to make that dream they had for a free and independent nation, a living reality.
On IndependenceDay, I always think about a particular paternal ancestor of mine who was a spy for Gen. Washington during the American RevolutionaryWar, and think about all the problems and the daily peril he knowingly put himself in, to serve, knowing that he'd be killed if caught by the #British Redcoats.
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High-flying friends who think of me and tweet me from the most-unlikely of places... like an SAS Airbus 330
Happy Independence Day @hbbtruth ! Beautiful weather yesterday, approaching Miami @SAS 🇺🇸🛬🏖 pic.twitter.com/I4vYLTb2zp— bjornpilot (@bjornpilot) July 4, 2017
I love flying very full planes @SAS . This time to Miami and 32 degrees C! 🏖🌎✈ pic.twitter.com/BVQ5tSDUXU— bjornpilot (@bjornpilot) July 3, 2017
We see you @iflymia ! 🛬👍🏼😎 pic.twitter.com/QMNosoiG0N— bjornpilot (@bjornpilot) July 4, 2017
Good bye @iflymia , I wan't to come back soon @SAS 👋😎 pic.twitter.com/KM6SBBayv8— bjornpilot (@bjornpilot) July 4, 2017
I also think of lost-dead ancestors who, when it mattered most, stepped-up and did what what was needed in order to make that dream they had for a free and independent nation, a living reality.
1/ On #IndependenceDay🇺🇸, I always think abt my paternal ancestor who was a spy for Gen. Washington during the #RevolutionaryWar, and think— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) July 4, 2017
2/ abt all the problems & daily peril he knowingly put himself in to serve, knowing that he'd be killed if caught by the #British Redcoats🇬🇧— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) July 4, 2017
On IndependenceDay, I always think about a particular paternal ancestor of mine who was a spy for Gen. Washington during the American RevolutionaryWar, and think about all the problems and the daily peril he knowingly put himself in, to serve, knowing that he'd be killed if caught by the #British Redcoats.
3/ Same ancestor had marched w/Geo Washington 21 years B4 under Gen. Braddock fm VA to #FortDuquesne to fight in #FrenchandIndianWar, 1755.— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) July 4, 2017
When they were both younger, this same ancestor had marched with George Washington 21 years before under British Gen. Edward Braddock from Alexandria, Virgina to Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) to fight in The #FrenchandIndianWar, 1755.
4/ Having survived that living hell, https://t.co/radtXNkG4u— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) July 4, 2017
and yrs of being a Rev. spy, lived to see 13 Colonies become 1 free nation. 🇺🇸🦅
Having survived that living hell, and many years of being a Revolutionary War spy, he lived to see the Thirteen Colonies full of vary different cultures and traditions become one free nation.
He was the first of many ancestors of mine who were to live in Ohio over the next 200-plus years, living there on bounty-land he was given by Congress as partial payment for his services during the war effort.
He was in Ohio even before it became a state in 1805, and was then part of the Northwest Territory, the Ohio Territory, settling in an area north of Steubenville, where the U.S. land grant office was established.
And there he lived right near the Ohio river, an hour southwest from Pittsburgh and the general area where he had witnessed firsthand wholesale bloodshed of a sort that he never saw before and never wanted to see afterwards.
He was in Ohio even before it became a state in 1805, and was then part of the Northwest Territory, the Ohio Territory, settling in an area north of Steubenville, where the U.S. land grant office was established.
And there he lived right near the Ohio river, an hour southwest from Pittsburgh and the general area where he had witnessed firsthand wholesale bloodshed of a sort that he never saw before and never wanted to see afterwards.
5/ 🇺🇸🦅 .@HamiltonQuotes: There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery & heroism.— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) July 4, 2017
@HamiltonQuotes: There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. #Hamilton
In case you are new to the blog or unaware of the good news, starting in October, SAS, @SAS, will start flying non-stop flights between Stockholm Arlanda Airport, @Arlanda and Miami International Airport, @iflymia, after SAS initiated flights last fall between Copehangen @CPHAirports and Oslo @Oslolufthavn and Miami..
Need I say more? New DIRECT @SAS ✈️ flights fm #Stockholm @Arlanda���� to #Miami @iflymia���� start in Oct.! ������️����️������ https://t.co/CvxHLinEo9— HallandaleBeachBlog (@hbbtruth) June 19, 2017
Great news! New direct route from @Arlanda to @iflymia. Read more here: https://t.co/zu7Yac3T7R #WeAreTravelers pic.twitter.com/wLQ54iaZN0— SAS (@SAS) May 2, 2017
