Patriots Dream

Read with care!! I am waving my flag today. It is red, white and blue and is our patriots dream come true.

A Boston tea party, Paul Revere's ride, Iwo Jima, Tripoli, Auschwitz, Pearl Harbor, Gettysburg, Baghdad, D-Day, Da Nang Province, MacArthur, Grant, Lee, Washington, George S. Patton (great movie), Betsy Ross and many more known and unknowns have everything to do with the fourth of July, 1776. The words "Give me liberty, or give me death." cost the speaker, Patrick Henry everything. He knew the cost of tyranny's hold and was willing to speak out and die for the cost of the liberty he took to speak them. If we can ourselves somehow realize, this fact, the cost of freedom lost is greater than the cost of our own lives, well then there is still hope for us as a nation.

When on the fourth, we wave a sparkler, rattle pans, look up to see the sky studded with freedoms light, bar-b-q with friends and family, churn the ice cream, break open an ice cold watermelon, sing "America" with our hands over our hearts, simply say, "God Bless America" to ourselves and others, we are part of the celebration of one more year of freedom in America.

Fortunes and lives have been given for the cost of our freedom to wave the red, white and blue. The core of who we are as Americans all, has everything to do with a tremendous passion for freedom. I believe America is still a beacon of hope for others around the world, no matter what the naysayers say. And freedom must be displayed, enjoyed and celebrated today with some knowledge of the sacrifices it has taken to make it the greatest country on earth.

Whether we celebrate simply or lavishly, let us celebrate the freedoms we have with the knowledge that we are celebrating something splendid and for some it has been proven to be worth dying for.

Wave the flag on the fourth and don't forget the cost.
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