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Fourth of July.

Yeah, you don't want the king of England waltzing into your house and pushing you around. Do you?! Huh?! Huh?! Do you?!

Didn't think so.
 
Talking about foreign assistance in US military history, I always thought it was hilarious that during the American Civil War (wrong war, I know, but still) Italian patriot and general Giuseppe Garibaldi volunteered to fight on the side of the Union and was offered a Major General's commission, only to refuse because "the only way in which he could render service, as he ardently desired to do, to the cause of the United States, was as Commander-in-chief of its forces; that he would only go as such, and with the additional contingent power of declaring the abolition of slavery".

I always wanted to see Lincoln's face when he received that letter. "Wft this guappo thinks he is???" :lol:

Oh wow, I never heard that. I'm surprised that Italian nationalists didn't fight in the Civil War. I know that a huge number of Irish nationalists did and then took that experience to go back to Europe and their fight against the British. I guess the timeline is off because Italian independence began just before the war so there wasn't an opportunity.

Interestingly enough, the greatest ally to the United States during the civil war was the Russian Empire. The UK and France had weird conflicts of interest where they sympathized with the north but had economic incentives to support the south. But, obviously, nothing came of any of it.
 
The 4th of July is not about robbing banks or committing crimes!

It's about getting drunk, blowing things up, and keeping the King of England out of your face.

Show a little respect, for God's sake....




;)

:p

And wearing tacky red-white-and blue / stars and stripes motif clothing. Don't forget that.
 
ronald_reagan_riding_a_velociraptor.jpg

Most...badass...picture...EVER.
I prefer this

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Though this is pretty awesome too

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