Independence Day is a very important holiday for us to remember. We were once a land of immigrants who came to establish a new country to escape religious, ethnic, civil and political persecution, war. bigotry, unfair taxation, starvation, and to establish a free haven. We had to fight a war against England to promote "All men are created equal." Later we fought another war to remind ourselves that all individuals: men, women, children, all nationalities, all faiths: ALL are created equally. Our men and women in the military continuously fight to maintain and protect this freedom. It is nothing to be treated lightly. Independence doesn't mean independence from responsibility, It is a call to a higher morality to inspire us to become better people one-on-one and as a country. Our goal is to be an honorable example of compassion, hope and equality. It is not an easy path. It is "one nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all."
It is important to remember that God was a part of our country from its beginnings. We need to find our roots and maintain our compassion, common sense, and honor as we use our freedom to vote for leadership.
Freedom has its life in the hearts,
the actions, the spirit of men and so
it must be daily earned and refreshed-
else like a flower cut from its life-giving
roots, it will wither and die.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
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