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Hickory
07-04-2014, 07:21 AM
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
07-04-2014, 07:33 AM
And a big thank you to all the men and women that secure our liberties, past and present, home and abroad.
square butte
07-04-2014, 07:37 AM
"Our Lives, Our Fortunes, and Our Sacred Honor"
GoodOlBoy
07-04-2014, 08:15 AM
Happy 4th everybody!
GoodOlBoy
waksupi
07-04-2014, 10:03 AM
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."
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