July 3 and July 4

[MrFun]

fireworks

[JohnT]

Happy Independence Day, everyone!

[Mr. Harley]

And if you are celebrating it in Scotland - you can have the Firth of July.

[Odin]

Originally posted by MrFun
And here's to our kick-ass revolution that let the world know that "divine right of monarchs" was/is bullsh!t.

[Gatekeeper]

I'm celebrating the holiday with my family.

[Mrs. Tuberski]

Cool pics Mr fun I think we might go get some fireworks later today. Just to finish off the celebration.

[MrFun]

The fireworks I saw with some friends last night were beautiful.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by MrFun


France was an absolute monarchy before its own revolution happened in the 1780s and 1790s.

Prussia was also a monarchical state. Great Britain was the European nation that had a form of monarchical government that relied much less on the idea of "divine right of monarchs." But the "divine right of monarchs" existed through the 1830s.

Well quite, given that the English Civil War and aftermath saw Parliament remove any divine right of kings in 1688.

[MrFun]

I know

[Dauphin]

I was complementing.

[MrFun]

Cool, and thanks for the complementary thoughts to this thread.



Are you celebrating this day?

[Dauphin]

I am, I'm renting a copy of The Patriot with Mel Gibson.

Then I might have a Bud before I start on the beers.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Dauphin
I am, I'm renting a copy of The Patriot with Mel Gibson.

Excellent choice

Then I might have to watch Air Bud before I start on the Root beers.

Hey family Flicks are neat

Have fun

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by MrFun
France was an absolute monarchy before its own revolution happened in the 1780s and 1790s.

Prussia was also a monarchical state. Great Britain was the European nation that had a form of monarchical government that relied much less on the idea of "divine right of monarchs." But the "divine right of monarchs" existed through the 1830s.

Absolute monarchy doesn't equal divine right of monarchs! I would think that any advocates of the divine right of kings anywhere on the continent would have died out after Cromwell's Revolution in England in 1660, where a king was swept out by Parliament.

You can't believe that the kings of Europe were appointed by God and then have that king be overthrown and beheaded.

Even in France's ancien regime, power was shared between the monarchy, the clergy, and the aristocracy. The monarch did not rule alone before the French Revolution. Hell, the lack of power of the French monarch was a direct result of the revolution (because the Estates General was called in order to raise money).

[Zkribbler]

I caught The Crossing earlier today on the History Channel. Good story about Washington crossing the Delaware River and his attack on Trenton. It was very American -- there were lots and lots of commercials.