Sharpwriters' Thoughts Blog Archives - Archives - July 2001 June 2002 July 2002 August 2002 September 2002 October 2002 November 2002 December 2002 January 2003 February 2003 March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 June 2007 August 2007 September 2007 December 2007 March 2008 May 2008 July 2008 August 2008 April 2009 September 2009 October 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 June 2010 Current Posts Sunday, July 04, 2010 God Bless America! Allert Heymans Roosa with Wintie and eight offspring sailed to New Amsterdam in 1660, then faced abduction by indigenous tribes, unjust taxation, and housing of British soldiers in their Ulster County home. Charles Breedlove served as a Revolutionary War soldier from Caswell County, North Carolina. From the land grant he received for his service, he later gave 28 acres in what's now Shelby County, North Carolina, for a Baptist church. Joseph Loving, mortally wounded at the battle for Washington in the War of 1812, died at his home in Lovingston, Virginia. Then his wife raised their children to be physicians, a general, a minister, and daughters who passed the leadership and love to later generations. John Thomas Spence fought in the Civil War, lived to come home and die in 1967 of cholera at Lynchburg on Galveston Bay. Family legend proclaims his son Rapherd (I believe Rhapherd) to have been born in what's now Erath County at Fort Stephens during an Indian attack. (I know, the history of Stephenville doesn't include a Fort Stephens, but they did suffer from a decimation of half their population from Comanche raids.) My grandfather said, "Grandpa went with Taylor to Mexico during The Mexican War, but he made no big splash. I leaned to ride in his old military saddle." That would have been Simpson Breedlove, or perhaps his step-grandfather, W. H. Whitworth, born and educated in England. Granddaddy didn't fight in World War I - he went to Virginia and used his metal-working abilities to build ships. Daddy started World War II as a Second Lieutenant and came home from North Africa and then the China/Burma/India theater as a Lieutenant Colonel. My uncle Joe Holt Anderson cheated to join the Army, then, when they discovered how bad his eyesight was (not revealed earlier since he'd memorized the eye chart) they shipped him home from Korea when he broke his glasses. My nephew Glenn Wayne Tole defends us today in the Air Force. We have been given the gift of freedom. Thank you, all past and present. Thank God. Give us the wisdom to preserve the give we've received. God Bless America. Share | posted by Barbara Rollins @ 9:16 AM 0 Comments: Post a Comment Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom] << Home