America, referring to the United States, is officially 234 years old on July 4, 2010.
Sometimes we get wrapped up in the fireworks displays and other activities on the Fourth but we must take time as individuals to understand the true meaning.
The Fourth of July is a national holiday and it represents what our founding fathers went through in declaring independence. Our forefathers took enormous risk in creating and signing the Declaration of Independence and the Fourth of July is a celebration of that action.
It was the beginning of OUR nation when the Declaration of Independence was signed by brave individuals who stood and declared we want to be free. ( Drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776), the Declaration of Independence was/is the nation's most cherished symbol of liberty.
The political philosophy of the Declaration was not new; its ideals of individual liberty had already been expressed by John Locke and the Continental philosophers.
**What Jefferson did was to summarize this philosophy in "self-evident truths" and set forth a list of grievances against the King in order to justify before the world the breaking of ties between the colonies and the mother country. **
How much power to allow the central government was the reason for the Constitution.
During the debates on the adoption of the Constitution, its opponents repeatedly charged that the Constitution as drafted would open the way to tyranny by the central government.
Fresh in their minds was the memory of the British violation of civil rights before and during the Revolution. They demanded a "bill of rights" that would spell out the immunities of individual citizens.
Thus we have our freedoms to this day because WE ARE PROTECTED from the gov in order to retain our liberty.
The Fourth of July should not only be a celebration of our independence of over 200 years ago but also the recognition that freedom does not come free.
It takes individuals who stand up for our right to live and the freedoms we enjoy to keep those freedoms in place. We are living in a time that our gov is growing into the same monster that made the birth of this great nation possible.
Do everything you can to keep your birth right. And everything you can from a gov once again putting its people in a state of enslavement to its gov.
The principles in the Declaration of Independence and those written into the Constitution are what this country is about.
It is only right and fitting that we honor all military personnel at these celebrations and let them know we appreciate their sacrifices and the sacrifices of their families.
TO WE THE PEOPLE!! Let us celebrate and remember how we have the freedoms we enjoy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY......NOW GO EAT A HOTDOG AND A BURGER.
