4th JULY...

[scotbooper]

Happy independence day all you stateside Boopers.The glorious 4th July when Americans celebrate the throwing off of the yoke of British colonialism.Good for you all.Have a great celebration ....Long live America..long live freedom!!! :cool: ;)

[The Moocher]

I was beaten to this by exactly one minute!

A happy July 4th to all my American friends.

Mooch

[BBooper]

Happy 4th July American Boopers!!

BBooper
xxx

[i_b_booped]

:cool:

tis a day to remember and give thanks to those over seas

may they all come home safe and sound

[Neckless]

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[BBooper]

ooooh, fireworks! hehe! hope you all had fun!

BBooper
xxx

[bettyboopfan]

We had a great 4th.

We spent about 2 hours setting off fireworks! <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008_ZS' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/8/8_14_7.gif' border=0></a>
They were great!!

[bboop480]

We Didnt Do Anything....to Hot And To Crowded

[scotbooper]

Hope you all had a good one.Our national day here is St Andrews Day.Which we celebrate on 30th November.

Here's a little info for you:


Saint Andrew is the Patron Saint of Scotland, and St. Andrew's Day is celebrated by Scots around the world on the 30th November. The flag of Scotland is the Cross of St. Andrew, and this is widely displayed as a symbol of national identity.
The "Order of Saint Andrew" or the "Most Ancient Order of the Thistle" is an order of Knighthood which is restricted to the King or Queen and sixteen others. It was established by James VII of Scotland in 1687.

Very little is really known about St. Andrew himself. He was thought to have been a fisherman in Galilee (now part of Israel), along with his elder brother Simon Peter (Saint Peter). Both became followers (apostles) of Jesus Christ, founder of the Christian religion.

St. Andrew is said to have been responsible for spreading the tenets of the Christian religion though Asia Minor and Greece. Tradition suggests that St. Andrew was put to death by the Romans in Patras, Southern Greece by being pinned to a cross (crucified). The diagonal shape of this cross is said to be the basis for the Cross of St. Andrew which appears on the Scottish Flag.

St. Andrews bones were entombed, and around 300 years later were moved by Emperor Constantine (the Great) to his new capital Constantinople (now Istambul in Turkey). Legend suggests that a Greek Monk (although others describe him as an Irish assistant of St. Columba) called St. Rule (or St. Regulus) was warned in a dream that St. Andrews remains were to be moved and was directed by an angel to take those of the remains which he could to the "ends of the earth" for safe-keeping. St. Rule dutifully followed these directions, removing a tooth, an arm bone, a kneecap and some fingers from St. Andrew's tomb and transporting these as far away as he could. Scotland was close to the extremities of the know world at that time and it was here that St. Rule was shipwrecked with his precious cargo.

St. Rule is said to have come ashore at a Pictish settlement on the East Coast of Scotland and this later became St. Andrews. Thus the association of St. Andrew with Scotland was said to have begun.

Perhaps more likely than the tale of St. Rule's journey is that Acca, the Bishop of Hexham, who was a reknown collector of relics, brought the relics of St. Andrew to St. Andrews in 733. There certainly seems to have been a religious centre at St. Andrews at that time, either founded by St. Rule in the 6th century or by a Pictish King, Ungus, who reigned from 731 - 761.

Whichever tale is true, the relics were placed in a specially constructed chapel. This chapel was replaced by the Cathedral of St. Andrews in 1160, and St. Andrews became the religious capital of Scotland and a great centre for Medieval pilgrims who came to view the relics.

There are other legends of how St. Andrew and his remains became associated with Scotland, but there is little evidence for any of these, including the legend of St. Rule. The names still exist in Scotland today, including St. Rules Tower, which remains today amongst the ruins of St. Andrews Cathedral.

It is not known what happened to the relics of St. Andrew which were stored in St. Andrews Cathedral, although it is most likely that these were destroyed during the Scottish Reformation. The Protestant cause, propounded by Knox, Wishart and others, won out over Roman Catholism during the Reformation and the "idolatry of catholism", that is the Saints, relics, decoration of churches, were expunged during the process of converting the Roman Catholic churches of Scotland to the harsh simplicity of Knox's brand of Calvinism.

The place where these relics were kept within the Cathedral at St. Andrews is now marked by a plaque, amongst the ruins, for visitors to see.

The larger part of St. Andrew's remains were stolen from Constantinople in 1210 and are now to be found in Amalfi in Southern Italy. In 1879 the Archbishop of Amalfi sent a small piece of the Saint's shoulder blade to the re-established Roman Catholic community in Scotland.

In 1969, Gordon Gray, leader of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland was in Rome to be appointed the first Scottish Cardinal since the Reformation. Pope Paul VI gave him further relics of St. Andrew with the words "Saint Peter gives you his brother". These are now displayed in a reliquary in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cathedral in Edinburgh.

Hope you found it interesting
;) :cool:

[Bikerbettyboop]

I had a nice 4th and thanks for remembering us!!

Yes, I found this information to be quite interesting and something I didn't know about. Thanks for sharing!!

[anniett]

Hope you all had a great 4th July


Love Anniett
xx

[bettyboopfan]

Had a great 4th, thanks everyone!

And thanks scottie for the info!!

[Neckless]

Happy you Boopers had a great holiday!

[bettyboopfan]

Hey Neckless!!

How have you been?

[boopcrazy]

I know this is old but didn't want to start another one if there was already one.



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[baybay]

i really had a good 4th it was nise hope everybody had a good one

[Krystal Boop]

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Happy fourth of july to everyone, hope you all enjoyed it...:)
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[Bikerbettyboop]

We had a nice 4th of July too! Hot, hot and more hot!! 112 yesterday... whew! Only supposed to be 101 today...... still too hot!

[baybay]

we had a good day i spent time out with my hubby in did some other things with the kids all in the rain

[Krystal Boop]

We spend it at the beach...;)

[Bikerbettyboop]

It was too hot to do much of anything here... we just had a BBQ and stayed indoors in the a/c!

[richard kolasch]

we where in Minn.for the 4th of July.

[Sally77]

We were at the beach most of the day on Tuesday, and stayed for fireworks that night. Weds we had a cookout, and blew off some fireworks. Then i went to visit some friends for a while.

[baybay]

sound like you all had lots of fun my day was nise to but it rained us out

[Bikerbettyboop]

we where in Minn.for the 4th of July.

Did you get to see fireworks in Minn? :confused:

[Bikerbettyboop]

We were at the beach most of the day on Tuesday, and stayed for fireworks that night. Weds we had a cookout, and blew off some fireworks. Then i went to visit some friends for a while.

Sounds like you had a busy fun filled few days Sally!!! What's the weather like in Ohio?

[Bikerbettyboop]

sound like you all had lots of fun my day was nise to but it rained us out

sure wish we could get rained out!! We need rain so badly here!! Still hot and windy!!

[richard kolasch]

Did you get to see fireworks in Minn? :confused:

we seen some from our hotel room,we were on the 12th floor.
it was nice.

[Bikerbettyboop]

That sounds really nice! We didn't watch any because of the fire danger some towns cancelled firework shows and fireworks are illegal in Arizona!! We watched the shows on tv and it was good!

[baybay]

We Had So Meny Of Them Her Thay Are Alway Putin Them Up In The Air Thay Are Still Doin Them Every Night Here I Be Glad When Thay Stop

[richard kolasch]

fireworks are ban in the city limits here.

[Sally77]

Sounds like you had a busy fun filled few days Sally!!! What's the weather like in Ohio?

Up til yesterday it was hot hot hot-well for us..lol about 90 every day. yesterday it cooled down a bit it was 80 same for today. and the rest of the week i think! I'm keeping an eye on Saturday- We're going to see Kenny Chesney!!

[baybay]

omy that is really hot

[Krystal Boop]

fireworks are ban in the city limits here.

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just beach and fun...

[baybay]

this is a cute picture glad you dont have the loudness of fireworks

[Krystal Boop]

this is a cute picture glad you dont have the loudness of fireworks

Over here we celebrate 4th of july but without fireworks , but it's still fun...;)
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[richard kolasch]

No fireworks over here...<a href="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x221/Krystalboop/bbgif.gif" border="0" alt="Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket"></a>
just beach and fun...

i sure do miss being over there,good place to be.

[Krystal Boop]

i sure do miss being over there,good place to be.

Hi Richard!! Well who maybe some day you get to come over for vacations. You're all welcome to come to my little island and surf...:P
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[baybay]

that is sweet we would all like to invite each other over just to have fun

[Krystal Boop]

that is sweet we would all like to invite each other over just to have fun

That would be great if everyone could just meet and have fun, we would share things from all over the world...;)
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[richard kolasch]

Hi Richard!! Well who maybe some day you get to come over for vacations. You're all welcome to come to my little island and surf...:P
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Thank You Krystal Boop.:)