Reflections on the 4th of July

The Declaration of Independence is 236 years old today. A comparatively small group of patriots who believed in freedom and liberty and the right to choose took on the mightiest power in the world at the time, against all odds, and won.

            What followed is a Constitution unlike any other on the planet. The freedoms guaranteed in that document are unrivaled. Tens of thousands of this country’s finest have died defending it and hundreds of thousands have shed their blood for what it stands for.

            Our great nation was founded on principles few had ever dreamed would become reality. The promises our Declaration of Independence and The Constitution hold are considered the very basis of freedom.

            Now more than two centuries later we must continue to be vigilant. To maintain what our founding fathers left as their legacy to the world. Over the past decades it seems our Constitution has been the victim of erosion.

Presidents, Congress and even our Courts have worn away our rights just as the surf washes away the sand from a beach.

On this 4^th of July we must all stand with Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Payne, John Adams, John Hancock and Francis Lightfoot Lee and the rest of the courageous patriots who signed the Declaration of Independence. And James Madison, George Washington and the others who forged our Constitution to insure our country regain its promise to all and continue to be a beacon of true freedom. We must hold our elected and appointed officials accountable and to the same standard set by the men who forged our nation and founded The United States of America.