Let us not forget the many sacrifices that ALL of our ancestors made so that we could have the freedom many Americans take for granted today! We must continue taking a stand to maintain our U.S. constitutional principles AND privileges that protect ALL AMERICANS. It is a privilege to be an American. For those of you youngsters who have been taught to hate America, open your mind and heart to see that people don't escape America for a better life. On the contrary, people risk their lives from all over the world to come here to our beautiful nation, our home, America.
A special thank you to our troops for all of the sacrifices you have made on our behalf in order to maintain our freedom. I pray that all of you come home soon safe and sound.
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln and is one of the best-known speeches in United States history. Beginning with the now-iconic phrase "Four score and seven years ago," referring to the American Revolution of 1776, Lincoln examined the founding principles of the United States in the context of the Civil War, and used the ceremony at Gettysburg as an opportunity not only to consecrate the grounds of a cemetery, but also to exhort the listeners to ensure the survival of America's representative democracy, that the "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Our Founding Fathers created a republican form of government - a state in which the supreme power rests in the people through their elected representative - a self-government based on a structure of checks and balances. Notice how "We The People" was written in very large bold print? That was done so we never lose sight of who has the power in this great country of ours. The story goes that, as Benjamin Franklin, left the Constitutional Convention in 1787, he was approached by a Mrs. Powell, who asked him, "What have you given us, Dr. Franklin?" "A republic," he replied, "if you can keep it."
The deliberations of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 were held in strict secrecy. Consequently, anxious citizens gathered outside Independence Hall when the proceedings ended in order to learn what had been produced behind closed doors. The answer was provided immediately. A Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.” [source: Our Republic - Benjamin Franklin]
America ~ by Neil Diamond
from the movie The Jazz Singer
Far
We've been travelling far
Without a home
But not without a star
FREE
Only want to be FREE
We huddle close
Hang on to a DREAM
On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America
Home, don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're travelling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm
Home to a new and a shiny place
Make our bed, and we'll say grace
Freedoms light burning warm
Freedoms light burning warm
Everywhere around the WORLD
They're coming to America
Every time that flags unfurled
They're coming to America
Got a DREAM to take them there
They're coming to America
Got a DREAM they've come to share
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Today, today, today, today, today
My country tis of thee (today)
Sweet land of LIBERTY (today)
Of thee I sing (today)
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