Sorry life has been crazy here. I will get my info for the War Memorials American Revolutionary War done soon. Thanks for being so patient!!! ;)

War Memorials #1 American Revolutionary War of 1776

Okay, I was thinking of changing things up. So I thought that we would do War Memorials. I found out yesterday from my mom that one of our ancestors was in the American Revolutionary War. So I think we will start there. Okay I was looking at the information on the American Revolutionary War and there is a lot. So this will be a long one. But I am willing to put in the time to research it. Happy waiting!!! ;)

Grand Canyon Monument #4

I find it very interesting that when I looked up information on the Grand Canyon it was one of the first national parks in the United States. The floor elevation is approx 2,600 ft, long-axis length 277 miles and width 4-18 miles.

I have visited the Grand Canyon once while I was in college (my first time). It was very beautiful to see. I was with a bunch of friends and we hiked down to the bottom of the South Rim of the canyon. I thought that it was the coolest thing to be able to call my parents from a payphone that they had down there. I wouldn’t think that any cell phone would be able to get any signals down that far today.

I also found out some interesting things about some mysteries and legends of the Grand Canyon. I always like to hear ghost stories. And I found some that the Grand Canyon is famous for and here is one of them.

South Rim Ghosts
Hopi house is an Adobe structure designed by Mary Coulter and built on the south rim. It is so authentic that during its construction the Navajo workers slept in it. Today it has a gift shop with Native American crafts. The low ceilings and earth construction make it feel very much like an Adobe dwelling.
Two Grand Canyon ghosts are said to haunt Hopi House. They are called the "Brown Boys" by the employees and can be heard running around upstairs in the late evening. They have been known to turn off computers and throw merchandise on the floor if they don't like how it's arranged. They've even lined up dolls in a row to be found in the morning by the surprised employees. In true poltergeist fashion, they just make a general nuisance of themselves. Hopi house is on the rim trail in Grand Canyon Village next to El Tovar, which has several ghosts of its own.
In El Tovar, a ghostly woman who looked like she was from the 1930s was seen by a night watchman. He was so frightened that he wouldn't finish his shift. Fred Harvey in his long coat and tall black hat is one of the more recognizable Grand Canyon ghosts. He is sometimes seen in the hotel. Occasionally guests check out early after seeing death faces when they look into the mirror of one of the rooms. A couple of employees once saw a huge ball of light push the kitchen doors open and float across the dining room. It exited a window in the direction of the canyon. And to top it off, one of the service elevators is reputed to smell like blood.
http://grand-canyon-vacation-information.com/grand-canyon-ghosts.html
I can tell you that I never saw any ghosts in the Grand Canyon. But it could be that I was too afraid that snakes and insects would crawl in my sleeping bag with me. So I didn’t have time to think about eerie ghosts. But I did enjoy myself and it was an experience of a life time one I’ll probably never forget. I have couple of pictures that I have found to share with you.

Grand Canyon 

My friends and I

Here are some facts that I have found on the Grand Canyon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon

Glenn Beck Quote of the Day

Let's called a spade a spade.

Gratitude for my blessings

So so grateful that we were able to listen to Glenn Beck's American Revival. It was an honor to listen to Glenn speak. Such a humble man. We are all so blessed to be living in America at this time. All the freedoms that we have. My heart is so filled with gratitude for our Heavenly Father and the things that he has blessed me with. The people that come into my life even if only for a short time.

My freedoms, health, food on the table, clothes on my back, a roof over our heads, a bed to sleep in, my husband/friend, friends, and that Tarl still has his job. My right to choose the way I live my life. The men and women who fought/fight for our freedoms and safety. The technologies. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Those who have come before me to lead and teach the right way. The one that I am most grateful for is that he allowed his son Jesus Christ to come to earth and atone for each everyone of us. With out Christ making the ultimate sacrifice we would not be where we are today. 

Isaac Potts witnessed the Prayer at Valley Forge

I wanted to share this with you. I found it while I was posting some pictures today. I needed to go back and look at something that had to do with the photo of General George Washington - Prayer at Valley Forge. 

I hope you enjoy and learn something from this recounting of the Prayer at Valley Forge. I know I have. Enjoy!!! ;)

The Eye Witness Testimony of Isaac Potts

This story is well documented in the historical records. Isaac Potts, 26 years old, was a resident of Valley Forge, and as a Quaker was opposed to the war. He supervised the grinding of the grain which George Washington ordered the neighboring farmers to bring to his army. The fullest account of Potts' testimony is in the "Diary and Remembrances" of Rev. Nathaniel Randolph Snowden, a Presbyterian minister and a Princeton graduate(Original Manuscript at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania; Call no. PHi.Am.1561-1568).

"I was riding with him (Mr. Potts) near Valley Forge, where the army lay during the war of the Revolution. Mr. Potts was a Senator in our state and a Whig. I told him I was agreeably surprised to find him a friend to his country as the Quakers were mostly Tories. He said, "It was so and I was a rank Tory once, for I never believed that America could proceed against Great Britain whose fleets and armies covered the land and ocean. But something very extraordinary converted me to the good faith."

"What was that?" I inquired. "Do you see that woods, and that plain?" It was about a quarter of a mile from the place we were riding. "There," said he, "laid the army of Washington. It was a most distressing time of ye war, and all were for giving up the ship but that one good man. In that woods," pointing to a close in view, "I heard a plaintive sound, as of a man at prayer. I tied my horse to a sapling and went quietly into the woods and to my astonishment I saw the great George Washington on his knees alone, with his sword on one side and his cocked hat on the other. He was at Prayer to the God of the Armies, beseeching to interpose with his Divine aid, as it was ye Crisis and the cause of the country, of humanity, and of the world.

"Such a prayer I never heard from the lips of man. I left him alone praying. I went home and told my wife, 'I saw a sight and heard today what I never saw or heard before', and just related to her what I had seen and heard and observed. We never thought a man could be a soldier and a Christian, but if there is one in the world, it is Washington. We thought it was the cause of God, and America could prevail."

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George Washington was not known as a great public speaker, but as he was about to make a speech at the end of the war, he remembered a slip of paper in his pocket and he pulled out his glasses. The crowd went silent when he put his spectacles on as he said, "I see that you notice that I wear glasses. Well, it was to be.  I've not only grown old and gray, I've become almost blind in the service of my country." And with that simple, unrehearsed, spontaneous statement, everyone was moved to tears as they had been reminded of who this man was and what he had done for our country.

The respect for Washington was so great that the first proposal for his new title, recommended by John Adams, was, "His Glorious Highness, The President of the United States and Glorious Protector of Our Liberties." Congressman William McClay from Pennsylvania basically said, "What's with Adams? Doesn't he understand what we fought this thing for? It's to get rid of all of that stuff." But this story illustrates the high regard congress had for Washington.

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Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, said about George Washington, "The reason that I consider him to be such a hero is... almost no one in human experience gives up power willingly.  Power is intoxicating and once you have it you don't want to let it go and [Washington] could have been king. He could have been monarch for the rest of his life and passed it on to his heirs, but he served two terms as president and would not accept a third term. You talk about greatness. That really speaks to me."

The world was watching during this moment of when George Washington said he would give up his power after two terms as President of the United States. King George of England said, "If he gives up his power, as he said he would, he will be the greatest man in the world."  And George Washington did it without a moments hesitation. Washington said in one of his letters, "I'd rather be back on my farm in Virginia than be emperor of the world." 

http://www.prayeratvalleyforge.com/

Freedom on Independence Day

I feel so blessed to be living in a free country and for those who sacrifice their lives for us daily to keep our country safe and free. It takes a lot of courage to do what is right, and stand up for the truth and take action. 

I am grateful to Thomas Jefferson who had the courage and the inspiration from God to write the Declaration of Independence. And that he listen to that inspiration.
And for those who take the time to teach us of The Real America our great nation and what it was really like. For those who have fought and still fighting to keep our country safe and free so that we can live the way we do and be able to sleep peacefully in our beds at night.
So let us look to the flag as a symbol of peace and a great legacy. A symbol of liberty and dedication of One Nation Under God.

Our 3rd Monument Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore is in the Black Hills of South Dakota, where there is a national monument of four of our former Presidents carved. Two of which were our founding Fathers George Washington 1st President of the United States of America and Thomas Jefferson 3rd President of the United States of America. The other two are Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of the United States of America and Theodore Roosevelt the 26th President of the United States of America. 

Gutzon Borglum started carving them back in 1927 and had finished the Presidents face between 1934 and 1939. Gutzon was not able to finish the rest of the carvings due to his death in 1941, so Gutzon's son Lincoln Borglum finished the construction.

An interesting fact that I read was that the carvings were suppose to also include their waists. Due to the lack of funding they were not able to finish the rest of the carvings.

The United States National Park Service took control over the memorial back in 1933 and still run it today.

The entire monument covers 1,278.45 acres of land and is 5,725 feet above sea level. It attracts about 2 million people yearly from the United States and from other countries.

All the cultures that is the fabric of the country are represented by the memorial and surrounding Black Hills of South Dakota. The information that we want our visitors that visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial take away with them is the understanding and love that we have for our nation's history and cultures and the importance of caring for that legacy.

I will leave you a couple of quotes.

Quote 1: “Mount Rushmore is a memorial that symbolizes America, and Americans should never lose sight of their cultural beginnings.”

- Gerard Baker, Superintendent

Quote 2: “The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.”

- Gutzon Borglum

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

http://mountrushmore.areaparks.com/parkinfo.html?pid=20892

Historic Fort Snelling #2 Memorial

My husband and I went to Historical Fort Snelling on Memorial Day weekend. It was a very thought provoking day for me!!! ;) I remember going to Historical Fort Snelling as a kid on school trips, it wasn't as cool as a kid and I didn't appreciate it as much. Now it's cool, okay I now appreciate it more than I did as a kid!!! ;)

We were there almost all day long, got sun burned (well worth it) and had a very enjoyable day!!!

So okay I will tell you a little bit about Historic Fort Snelling. It was the development for the U.S. Northwest that was once an American symbol of ambition in the wilderness. The United States had gained control over the upper Mississippi during the Revolutionary War with Great Britain and then later the Louisiana Purchase from France. The territory was inhabited by fur traders and Indians that were still loyal to the British. 

The government after the war of 1812 took physical possession of the Northwestern frontier by establishing an Indian chain of agencies from Lake Michigan to the Mississippi River.  Also there were wilderness outposts along the river that would not allow for non-citizens commercial use of the American rivers.

By 1812 the 5th regiment of infantry arrived at the junction of the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers to build the northwest link chain of the forts and agencies. 

And Colonel Josiah Snelling’s officers and soldiers permanently changed the landscape. They made roads, built a gristmill and sawmill at St. Anthony Falls, planted several hundreds of acres of vegetables, wheat and corn. They cut hay for their livestock, chopped down trees for fires and they were the first to record weather conditions in the area.

Also the Historic Fort Snelling does reenactments that shows what it was like back in the 1820s when Josiah Snelling was in charge of Fort Snelling.

We also went to the small church on the grounds. It was cool we got to meet the man who saved the church from being torn down and having a highway put through it. He collected about 1,000 signature just minuets before they were going to tear the church down. And since they had the signatures they decided to keep it preserved it, they built the highway around it. He was a WWII Vet. They also still hold church meeting there every Sunday morning at 11:00 am. 

http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/hfs/history.html

Thanks for the Declaration of Independence!!! ;)

I am learning so much about The Real Thomas Jefferson. Did you know that it took Thomas Jefferson 17 days to write the Declaration of Independence? He would work on it from about 6:00 til midnight. I am so grateful for Thomas Jefferson having had the inspiration in writing the Declaration of  Independence, so that we can all be Free!!! ;) And for all the Forefathers that signed it into existence. This has gone through centuries for us to uphold. And we indeed need to do so with respect and reverence. This was a fight for our Freedom and Independence from the British Parliament who was trying to control everyone under a King.  

"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political band which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness."
Please let us remember in our prayers every night to Thank God for our Freedoms that we have and that we might be worthy to continue to have them!!! ;)

Lincoln Memorial

I would love to visit Memorials around the states take pics and give you more info. on them. Unfortunately I can only give you the latter. But I know that I will have fun doing the research for them and learn lots. So...

The first Memorial that we will explore will be the Lincoln Memorial. Although I've never visited D.C. I think it would be cool to one day visit and see the Lincoln Memorial. To see some history and a Memorial dedicated to our 16th President of the United States of America.
I love reading about history, and am interested in learning more about it.
So here is some information on the Lincoln Memorial sight. I hope you will learn something from this!!! ;)

Lincoln Memorial construction began in 1914 and was finished in 1922, dedicated to President Abraham Lincoln the 16th President of the United States of America.
It was designed by Henry Bacon. The Memorial stands 190 feet long, 119 feet wide and almost 100 feet high. The statue of Lincoln himself stands 19 feet high and weighs 175 tons. The statue of Lincoln was carved in four years by the Piccirilli brothers under the watchful eye of the sculptor Daniel Chester French.
Carved inscriptions of Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address and his Gettysburg Address are located in the North and South chambers. Around the outside of the building are listed the names of the 36 States that were part of the Union when Lincoln died. Which are...

1. Delaware 12-7-1787
2. Pennsylvania 12-12-1787
3. New Jersey 12-18-1787
4. Georgia 01-02-1788
5. Connecticut 01-09-1788
6. Massachusetts 02-06-1788
7. Maryland 04-28-1788
8. South Carolina 05-23-1788
9. New Hampshire 06-21-1788
10. Virginia 06-25-1788
11. New York 07-26-1788
12. North Carolina 11-21-1789
13. Rhode Island 05-29-1790
14. Vermont 03-04-1791
15. Kentucky 06-01-1792
16. Tennessee 06-01-1796
17. Ohio 03-01-1803
18. Louisiana 04-30-1812
19. Indiana 12-11-1816
20. Mississippi 12-10-1817
21. Illinois 12-03-1818
22. Alabama 12-14-1819
23. Maine 03-15-1820
24. Missouri 08-10-1821
25. Arkansas 06-15-1836
26. Michigan 01-26-1837
27. Florida 03-03-1845
28. Texas 12-29-1845
29. Iowa 12-28-1846
30. Wisconsin 05-29-1848
31. California 09-09-1850
32. Minnesota 05-11-1858
33. Oregon 02-14-1859
34. Kansas 01-29-1861
35. West Virgina 06-20-1863
36. Nevada 10-31-1864

"Letter from a Birmingham Jail", a manifesto of the Negro revolution; he planned the drives in Alabama for the registration of Negroes as voters; he directed the peaceful march on Washington, D.C., of 250,000 people to whom he delivered his address, "l Have a Dream", he conferred with President John F. Kennedy and campaigned for President Lyndon B. Johnson; 

Throughout history America has seen many great leaders and noteworthy citizens change her course. It is through their personal virtues and by their example that we are able to live as a free people. On August 28, come celebrate America by honoring our heroes, our heritage and our future.

Join the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and many more for this non-political event that pays tribute to America’s service personnel and other upstanding citizens who embody our nation’s founding principles of integrity, truth and honor.

Our freedom is possible only if we remain virtuous. Help us restore the values that founded this great nation. On August, 28th, come join us in our pledge to restore honor at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.

Links
http://www.glennbeck.com/828/
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc71.htm

Founding Documents

The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution of  The United States of America
The Bill of Rights

Memorial Day Weekend

This Memorial Day weekend, my hubby and I are planning to go to our local VA cemetery in honor of the Soldiers that have fought in the wars for all of us to keep us safe. I wish everyone a Happy and Safe Memorial Day weekend. Hope you enjoy the weekend. And please remember to Thank a Soldier.

Just remember my Soldier friends keep fighting the good fight and my God bless you and keep you safe. And also know that you are in our thoughts and in our prayers. Love ya!!! ;)

Your friend,
Aimee ;)

Thank You!!! ;)

I know I've posted a lot of video's. This is my first blog ever. I am not quite sure how to run a blog, so I'm just kinda going by the seat of my pants.
I have dedicated my blog to the military men and women and also the law enforcement men and women. I am so grateful for all that you do to keep our country safe and free. It is hard for me to put in words what it means to me. So from the bottom of my heart THANK YOU!!! ;)
I am doing my best to spread the word about how great our military and law enforcement are. You guy's don't seem to get appreciated, or thanked a lot.
I have had relatives and friends serve in the military. And I am so grateful and blessed to be protected by all of you.
It breaks my heart to hear and see people so ungrateful and to listen to those in the media tear you guys down.
I have really had my eye's opened, by reading Marcus Luttrell's book "Lone Survivor." I knew that you guys were great and sacrificed a lot for our country, but not to the depths that I read in Marcus' book.
My relatives and friends never really have talked about it.
I write to soldiers. I am in Soldiers Angels and I feel privileged to write to them. I've been busy the past nine months with school and haven't had as much time as I would have liked to, to write to them often. But I do enjoy it!!! ;) I hope that in the near future I will be able to volunteer at a VA Hospital near me!!! ;)
So I'll I can say is Thank You!!! ;) May God Bless and Protect your lives each and every day!!! ;) Your in my thoughts and my prayers. And I love you guys!!! ;)

Remember

Today is Armed Forces Day. So please take a few moments to remember all of those who have gone before to preserve the liberty that this country was founded upon.

Lone Star "I'm Already There"

Fightin Words

Fightin Words by Trace Adkins - video by confedgal

What Is Important!!! ;)

This blog is dedicated all those who are honestly trying to help out, & do good for others.

I am very grateful for all the military men and women, and law enforcement men and women, who sacrifice their lives for us each and every day. So that we can live in a safe country and a Free nation. Thank You for all that you do!!! ;)

~Aimee