Landing Page of July 1, 2018
Happy Independence Day!
Tips for a safe holiday!
Things to do; holiday celebrations in Western New York!
Celebrate by thinking about the Movie Independence Day and the best speech by a movie (and any other with the Exception of the Gettysburg Address which was given in November) president: While you are at it...watch the original and the new Independence Day, you can begin a new family tradition!
Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in this history of mankind.
Mankind -- that word should have new meaning for all of us today.
We can't be consumed by our petty differences anymore.
We will be united in our common interests.
Perhaps its fate that today is the 4th of July, and you will once again be fighting for our freedom, not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution -- but from annihilation.
We're fighting for our right to live, to exist.
And should we win the day, the 4th of July will no longer be known as an American holiday, but as the day when the world declared in one voice:
"We will not go quietly into the night!
We will not vanish without a fight!
We're going to live on!
We're going to survive!"
Today, we celebrate our Independence Day!
Now, for a little automobile trivia:
Who designed what was considered the world’s first car?
Designed, built and patented by Karl Benz in 1886, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen is universally recognized as the first internal combustion automobile. In 1926, Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler would join forces and company’s, creating Daimler-Benz, later Mercedes-Benz.
What famous auto maker is responsible for designing the Volkswagen Beetle?
Not his most luxurious or fastest automotive design, Ferdinand Porsche, legacy to Porsche Motors and some of the most luxurious and sought after sports cars in the world, did in fact design the Volkswagen Beetle, contracted by Adolf Hitler.
What make and model is the General Lee?
The General Lee was based off of a 1969 Dodge Charger R/T, although many ‘ odified '68 Chargers were used in filming, sharing the same sheet metal with the '69's.
What company opened up the first drive-in gas station?
When and where was the first drive-in theater built?
What US Production car is the fastest from 0-60 mph?
1962 Chevrolet Impala SS 409. It could go from 0-60 mph in 4.0 seconds.
In what year did Auto Insurance become available to drivers?
Harley Earl introduces what feature to the Chevy Cadillac in 1948
Harley Earl introduces the tail fin on the Cadillac in 1948 which continue to grace the rear of Cadillacs for another decade.
When did Chrysler first officially use the "Hemi" name?
1964. Even though Chrysler make engines with hemi heads in the 50s, it wasn’t until 1964 when they revived the hemi head design and officially used the “Hemi" name.
What was Henry Ford most famous for?
The “Model-T” was the first car to be mass-produced. Henry Ford introduced the assembly line in December of 1908, and as a result he was not only able to mass-produce the Model-T, but was able to offer it to his customers at a much lower price than the competition. By 1913, Ford was producing half of all cars sold in the United States, and by 1927, he had sold more than 15 million Model-Ts!
The True: Best Presidential Speech:
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate-we can not consecrate-we can not hallow-this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us-that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion-that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain-that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom-and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.
Join us next week to check out some of this year's car show sponsors!