Happy Independence Day

[JESUS,family,rutgers]

Hope Fighting Sioux fans everywhere have a fun and safe Independence Day.

[Goon]

Same to you have a happy fourth of July.

[sioux rube]

Happy Independence Day to all the great Fighting Sioux fans out there.

[Big A HG]

Who's the greatest Sioux player to wear #4 in history, in honor of July 4th?

Lee Goren? Ian Kidd? Will it one day be Derek Forbort?

[siouxforeverbaby]

Happy 4th of July!

Stay safe everyone!

[Sodbuster]

Ah! July 4th in ND and it's 92 degrees. America the way it should be. Hope it's just as nice in New Jersey!

[JESUS,family,rutgers]

It was in the high 80's. Still shocks me that it gets in the 90's in North Dakota. If I make another trip out in early November, I assume it will still be in the 90's

[Sodbuster]

It was in the high 80's. Still shocks me that it gets in the 90's in North Dakota. If I make another trip out in early November, I assume it will still be in the 90's

Maybe the wind, not the temperature.

[Goon]

It was in the high 80's. Still shocks me that it gets in the 90's in North Dakota. If I make another trip out in early November, I assume it will still be in the 90's

I always tell everyone that plan on going to the lake the weekend of opening duck season the last weekend in September, because it will be sunny and 80 degrees. I have seen it get as hot as the 80's in October but not in November. Last year it was about 65 degrees the opening weekend of deer hunting which was the first weekend in November...

Edited July 6, 2011 by Goon

[dakota fairways]

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War. They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated, but they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson, Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished.

So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember: freedom is never free!