We were so happy to spend the 238th birthday of the United States with some friends and family here in Nassau.
My niece Romi and I had fun working together on this video. Enjoy!
Showing posts with label 4th of July. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 4th of July. Show all posts
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Monday, July 8, 2013
Happy 4th
The first year I was here for the 4th, I was surprised that the cable guy was coming over in the middle of the day for repairs. It’s just that when we lived in the U.S. everybody celebrates the 4th. Like Thanksgiving. But here we aren’t in the U.S. and the 4th is just a day that leads up to Bahamas Independence Day. Their Independence Day is July 10th. This year is the 40th anniversary of their independence and they are going all out!
But back to the subject of the 4th…
On the 3rd we went to a party at The Old Fort Bay Club {for adults} and saw some nice fireworks.
After enjoying our New Orleans themed food and drinks, there were fireworks. Again, we were really close. I’m kind of liking seeing fireworks really close up!
On the 4th, the boys went to a day camp. {It’s just another Thursday here.}
After camp we headed over to our friends house for a yummy cookout and to see the fireworks. Before we could go see the big ones we had to let the kiddos have some sparkler fun.
After that we headed out on the boat to see the real fireworks. The Bahamas doesn’t celebrate the 4th of July, but a lot of the hotels do. Hotels have Americans and Americans love fireworks. We’ll take it!
First up was Atlantis. It was a little too bumpy to take good pictures {Just go with it, it has nothing to do with my below average photography skills!"}
Here is a professional shot from the Atlantis site.
Ahem, theirs were better!
Something you may not know is that in the islands they sometimes shoot fireworks off of barges. We were right under the fireworks from the Wyndham Hotel. They had a full 15 minute show! Take my word for it, they were amazing.
The Sheraton had some nice ones too!
After all that we had some very tired boys {and adults} and we headed straight to bed! We are so thankful for the freedoms that being Americans affords us and thrilled to share it with our American and Bahamian friends.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
USS Anzio
Our Independence Day celebrating actually began on the evening of the 3rd. Allen and I were invited to the 4th of July celebration with the US Embassy in Nassau aboard the USS Anzio.
Do you like History? I do, so here you go…
Here is a brief history of what makes Anzio an incredibly important name in U.S. History. Anzio is an area in Italy where the Allies fought and held off the Germans in the second World War. Although that does not sound terribly remarkable, it is is important for a number of reasons. Because the Allies were able to hold the beach, Germany was forced to send two corps that were initially headed to Normandy to fight the Allies and try to push them back out to sea. This weakened the forces at Normandy allowing the Allies a victory there. These victories were not without great loss. The Allies lost 28,000 lives in nearly 6 months at Anzio. In one measure of the courage and sacrifice of those who fought there, 23 Americans were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the most of any single battle of World War II.
USS ANZIO is the second US naval ship to be named in honor of the men and women who served at Anzio. She is dedicated to preserving the freedom won on the Anzio beachhead while keeping alive the legacy of the boundless bravery and fighting spirit of each Anzio veteran.
Makes me tear up just thinking about the bravery shown there and everywhere else by our amazing military.
Back to our regularly scheduled programming!
Our evening on the USS Anzio was a really fun evening that ended with some amazing fireworks.
I’ve never been so close to fireworks before. One of the good (but a little alarming) things here is that they are not that concerned with liability, so they can do fireworks right over a crowd!
The next day we were allowed to tour the USS Anzio with the family. As the daughters of a Naval Aviator, my sister and I loved it. The boys and Allen enjoyed it too.
Miller loves warning signs so he was in heaven! Look at all these!
Thank you to the Crew of the USS Anzio for the tour, but more importantly, thanks for serving our country and preserving our freedom.
Do you like History? I do, so here you go…
Here is a brief history of what makes Anzio an incredibly important name in U.S. History. Anzio is an area in Italy where the Allies fought and held off the Germans in the second World War. Although that does not sound terribly remarkable, it is is important for a number of reasons. Because the Allies were able to hold the beach, Germany was forced to send two corps that were initially headed to Normandy to fight the Allies and try to push them back out to sea. This weakened the forces at Normandy allowing the Allies a victory there. These victories were not without great loss. The Allies lost 28,000 lives in nearly 6 months at Anzio. In one measure of the courage and sacrifice of those who fought there, 23 Americans were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the most of any single battle of World War II.
USS ANZIO is the second US naval ship to be named in honor of the men and women who served at Anzio. She is dedicated to preserving the freedom won on the Anzio beachhead while keeping alive the legacy of the boundless bravery and fighting spirit of each Anzio veteran.
Makes me tear up just thinking about the bravery shown there and everywhere else by our amazing military.
Back to our regularly scheduled programming!
Our evening on the USS Anzio was a really fun evening that ended with some amazing fireworks.
I’ve never been so close to fireworks before. One of the good (but a little alarming) things here is that they are not that concerned with liability, so they can do fireworks right over a crowd!
The next day we were allowed to tour the USS Anzio with the family. As the daughters of a Naval Aviator, my sister and I loved it. The boys and Allen enjoyed it too.
Miller loves warning signs so he was in heaven! Look at all these!
Thank you to the Crew of the USS Anzio for the tour, but more importantly, thanks for serving our country and preserving our freedom.
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