Balladeer’s Blog wishes a happy birthday to the USA! What happened in early July of 1776 certainly needs no rehashing so in keeping with my blog’s theme of addressing more out of the way subjects this post will examine various events that took place on other July 4ths throughout American history.
JULY 4TH, 1778 – George Rogers Clark led his rebel forces in taking the British stronghold of Kaskaskia, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Kaskaskia Rivers. Clark and his Rangers were on a mission for then-Virginia Governor Patrick Henry.
JULY 4TH, 1783 – The Massachusetts Supreme Court is finalizing its written decision holding that slavery has been illegal in the state since adoption of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights in 1780. Continue reading
FORT GRISWOLD – Fort Griswold was an American fortess on Groton Heights in Connecticut overlooking the Thames River. On September 6th, 1781 the American traitor General Benedict Arnold and his British troops raided Groton and burned New London while battling the massively outnumbered Rebel troops in the fort. 
Here at Balladeer’s Blog I’m still fascinated with the ongoing political developments here in America under our de facto Third Party President Donald Trump. The crazed Democrats thrive on driving away more and more of us. Their latest disgusting act was trying to blame President Trump for the shooting at that Annapolis newspaper but it turned out that the alleged shooter – Jarrod Ramos – had a feud with the newspaper going back several years. Nothing to do with Trump in other words. 
Bobby Hesley is another of Balladeer’s Blog’s Martin Luther King People of Courage who fit that description. A link to Hesley’s latest piece is below but first some excerpts: 
CAPTAIN SILAS TALBOT – Even if he had never gone on to a career in Privateering, Talbot would still have been a fascinating figure from Revolutionary War history. On June 28th, 1775 Silas was commissioned as a Captain in a Rhode Island regiment and served in the military operations which ended with the British surrender of Boston in March of 1776. 
NEW YORK – 1. William Floyd – Prior to being sent to the 2nd Continental Congress in 1776 Floyd was a Militia General who, earlier in the year, had led New York troops in successfully driving off British forces in the Battle of Gardiner’s Bay on Long Island. 
Democrats – including their media outlets – continue their descent into madness and fascism. (Remember the Democrat who opened fire on the Congressional baseball game.) To them our de facto Third Party President Donald Trump causes the end of the world multiple times a day and they have stepped up their mob attacks on everyone they disagree with. 
*** A group of families who have experienced the deaths of loved ones because of illegal immigrants ASKED PRESIDENT TRUMP to sign pictures of their late loved ones for them. As virtually everybody does with celebrities and high-profile politicians regarding having them sign objects. The Democrat media dishonestly reported this as if Trump was “making it all about himself.” 
I’m an Independent Voter after spending much of my life as a Democrat. I’ve long thought that one of the most racist elements of political discourse in America is the attitude that black people (and poor people and women and gay people, etc) HAD BETTER VOTE FOR DEMOCRATS! 
CARL JACKSON – Carl Jackson started out even more skeptical of Trump’s candidacy than I was back in 2015 but like him I’ve been more impressed with Donald almost daily. 
COLION NOIR – Colion Noir scares the living crap out of Democrats by being – GASP – a black man who likes firearms! Imagine that! A man of color exercising his 2nd amendment rights. As Democrats would say “Before you know it they’ll be thinking they can decide for themselves which political candidates to vote for!” 
First off, I’ll point out again that I think the Democrats (DemCorp) and Republicans (RepubCorp) are both gangs of white collar criminals. However, there is no shortage of outlets pointing out the faults of just the Republicans, even though Democrats are just as disgusting. 
THANK YOU once again to all of you readers for making Balladeer’s Blog so enjoyable to write. As I always say the weird and controversial items I churn out here mean that readers have to be very secure in their own beliefs not to just take offense and leave.
MOST POPULAR ANCIENT SCI FI POST OF THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS – That honor goes to THE Nth MAN (1920-1924). Part proto-kaiju, part political allegory, it’s amazing it was never made into a movie. CLICK 
When even the hacks at Snopes can’t try to finesse words to make it look like Obama is innocent, you know the situation is bad. BARACK OBAMA’S ADMINISTRATION PLACED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKERS. Even Snopes had to admit that is the truth and that the usual Democrat and Republican game of kick-the-can followed AND STILL HASN’T BEEN FOLLOWED UP ON! 
I will mention once again that the American Media and our crooked career politicians are so much worse than President Trump that they always make him look like the heroic underdog. People know a rigged pile-on when they see one. Donald Trump impresses me more every day and the comparisons with Abraham Lincoln – who also had to deal with Republican traitors and corrupt Democrats – are beginning to ring true. 
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