What does the 4th of July mean ? In the USA this is a holiday with Cookouts (BBQ) and fireworks aplenty. But what is real meaning of this day?
Did James Taylor capture the essence of this date with his song:
"Who fell into you at a quarter to two
With a tear in your eye for the fourth of july
For the patriots and the minutemen
And the things you believe they believed in then"
We could also interview Thomas Jefferson's who was responsible for penning a Declaration of Independence which was adopted on the said 4th of July, 1776.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
These are inspiring words ...... some 332 years later.......I wonder if Thomas would realize it would take so long
Happy July 4th!
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I hope that as we celebrate the noble sacrifices made overseas, we remember the nobility of the principles of liberty here at home. While many of us will never take up arms in defense of the nation, we still have an obligation to defend those principles in our own society. If we aren't carefully scrutinizing issues like wiretapping, security checkpoints, profiling, etc., we could lose so much of the very liberty that is being defended.
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