Independence Day….Fourth of July
Flags waving, parades, fireworks, picnics and baseball are ways we celebrate Independence Day. We like to show our patriotism.
How many know at what cost we obtained the freedoms we enjoy?
In the 1770′s our country was at war with the British. We wanted our freedom to establish a new and independent nation, not one ruled by Mother Britain in a far away land.
A few good, brave men came together to declare our independence. They wrote a resolution that was introduced to the Continental Congress on June 17, 1776.
Headed by Thomas Jefferson, a willing committee worked very hard to polish up a formal writing for the grand announcement of independence.
The resolution was approved on July 2, but the actual Declaration of Independence, a separate document, was adopted on July 4, 1776.
There were 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. These men were of substantial means. They signed the document and pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to their new country.
They signed knowing full well if they were found out and captured they would be put to death.
It cost some their lives, others lost everything they had, including wives and children. Some were captured and tortured before they died.
Vandals looted some of their homes. Family members were put in prison. Others had family members who simply vanished.
Others had their businesses and properties taken from them and died in poverty.
Some take our liberties for granted. We shouldn’t. The liberties we have were won at a great cost of human lives and sacrifices.
As we celebrate our Country’s Birthday this 4th of July, pledge to do your part to keep our county free.
Don’t stand by and do nothing as politicians raise their hands to preserve and protect our constitution and liberties then go about destroying them for their own self interests and power.
Now more than ever, we need men and women of honor and integrity like those who signed the Declaration of Independence. There are very few to be found in the hollowed halls of our government.
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Have a happy and safe Fourth of July. Be grateful to those who have gone before.
