Our nation was born 234 years ago today. We should reflect on how important that day was. No only was we changed as a people, but, the forming of our nation changed the world. We decided that no person is more important than another. We wanted a government where it was lead by one of the people and not a monarch.
We decided that tyranny was now longer acceptable. We decided that we will have a say in our destiny and not to be dictated by any one person. Liberty was an unknown practice of much of the world at that time. It is hard to overstate how much of a change it was!
The freedoms we enjoy today are the fruits of our fore fathers who voted to remove the yoke of a tyrannical King and put our future in the hands of the people. It was a decision that made the traitors of England and, if caught, they would hang!
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.
Independence day is the day we declared independence from Great Britain with the “Declaration of Independence”. This ultimately lead to The United States Constitution that was adopted on September 17, 1787. It is the oldest written constitution still in use by any nation of the world. The ideas expressed on that piece of paper didn’t give us any rights. It only confirmed rights that we already had, but, were suppressed.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
As you enjoy the Fourth of July, remember the true meaning of the celebration. It is a celebration of freedom.
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