Indepeadence Day

[Hickory]

Celebrate today, Indepeadence Day, knowing that for the first time in the history of the world, a nation was founded on the principles of government controled by the people, and not the people controled by the government.

God bless America.

[osteodoc08]

And a big thank you to all the men and women that secure our liberties, past and present, home and abroad.

[square butte]

"Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor"

[GoodOlBoy]

Happy 4th everybody!

GoodOlBoy

[waksupi]

From President Reagan's "Message on the Observance of Independence Day, 1981":

Back in 1776, John Adams wrote his wife Abigail that the anniversary of our independence should be observed with great fanfare: ". . . with pomp and parades . . . shows and games . . . and sports and guns and bells . . . with bonfires and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, and from this time forevermore."

What makes our revolution unique and so exciting . . . is that it changed the very concept of government. Here was a new nation telling the world that it was conceived in liberty; that all men are created equal with God-given rights, and that power ultimately resides in "We the people."