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Bud Casey's Army, slide show. The magnificent force of soldiers and sailors of the American Revolution created by Bud Casey of The St. Lucie River Chapter, FLSSAR
Bud Casey's Army, pictures. The magnificent force of soldiers and sailors of the American Revolution created by Bud Casey of The St. Lucie River Chapter, FLSSAR
Who Was The Real Benedict Arnold?
Revolutionary War Manuscript Colored Patriots "Flag of the George Washington papers GOD BLESS AMERICA
Lafayette: Triumph and Tragedy
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Presidential Quotes On Liberty
Washington's Travels in New England
Some time ago a friend and I went
to a local elementary school to talk
to students about the American
Revolution. My friend mentioned
that he had a musket in his car, and
the teacher said, “Why don’t you
bring it in?” To my surprise, the
principal gave permission, and in we
went, dressed in our colonial uniforms,
musket and all. The kids were very
excited to see this authentic American
Revolution musket replica, and they were very elated with our presentation.
Background and experience:
U. S. Army Air Corps 1946-1949
Western Electric Co., Inc. and AT&T (Now known as Lucent Technologies)
Federal Express Personnel
Webmaster, Florida Society, SAR 1999 - 2006
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A transcription of the 1859 book, "American Revolution and History."
A transcription of the 1859 book, "Campfires of the Revolution."
of the American Revolution
United States of America."
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For some time, whenever I wore my SAR uniform, people have likened me to Benjamin Franklin and often call me “Ben.” To capitalize on this reaction, I let my hair grow long and bought a costume such as Benjamin Franklin wore (see photo).
My objective is to go to schools as “Benjamin Franklin” and tell the kids about Benjamin Franklin and the American Revolution. As with the musket, I hope to better capture their attention and help build in them a desire to learn more about the heroes of the American Revolution who gave us our freedom.
Thirteen months Fixed Station Radio Repair School, Ft. Monmouth, NJ
Technical Aid in Electronics Upper Atmospheric Research
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico
Manufacturing Manager:
Kearny New Jersey, 1953 - 1962
Columbus, Ohio, 1962 - 1980; Salem, New Hampshire, 1980 - 1987
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 1987 - 1992
Currently Editor, The Florida Patriot
Newsletter of the Florida Society, Sons of The American Revolution
Widower, Father of four, Grandfather of nine, Great-Grandfather of eight
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, School of Engineering, 1950 - 1951
New York University, 1952 - 1953
Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Jersey 1962,
Bachelor of Science in Management
Computers
Photography
Gardening
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You remember me as Benjamin Franklin, one of our founding fathers. I was not just our most famous citizen at our country's birth, I was a central part of that birth.
As a member of the Second Continental Congress, I helped draft the Declaration of Independence. As a member of the Constitutional Convention, I helped draft the Constitution. Both documents bear my signature. I also signed the Treaty of Alliance with France, bringing the colonies French aid against the British, and The Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War and recognized the independence of the United States. I was the only person, in fact, to sign all of these key documents.
My role in our founding has, however, been eclipsed in modern memory by my many other accomplishments. My inventions ran the gamut from my trademark bifocals to the Franklin Stove to artificial fertilizer. I ran my own paper and published Poor Richard's Almanac. I even published the first political cartoon in the colonies. I founded the University of Pennsylvania, as well as America's first public library and public hospital. My discoveries went far beyond my famous kite experiment, and included the identification of lead poisoning and the discovery and charting of ocean currents.
Unfortunately, the result has been that attention which deserves to be paid to what I said about America and the liberty it was designed to protect has often been crowded out by that paid to my other accomplishments. Listed below are some of the things I said about Liberty: As I said before, "God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country." The summer of 1776 was a harrowing time for the British colonies in America. Open warfare with the mother country had erupted a year earlier and the future was filled with political and military uncertainties. In this tense climate, the Continental Congress met in Philadelphia with the intention of voting for independence from England. In anticipation of this vote, the Congress selected a committee to draft a declaration of independence. The committee, composed of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman and me. We instructed Thomas Jefferson to write the declaration.
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