A young delegate from the Commonwealth of Virginia drafted a declaration that set in motion a revolution. Members of Congress signed that Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
In 1861, the Civil War determined that we would be an indivisible nation born of a declaration that all men were created with an equal right to liberty. We fought each other, came back together, and accomplished ungodly things as a nation.
In 1914, America sent our young men to the shores of Europe to fight against tyranny.
Roosevelt spoke the words “We have nothing to fear but fear itself,” that lighted a fire that brought us out of a economic depression.
On December 7, 1941, we entered War II and joined the world to end the advancement of Nazi Germany.
The 35th President challenged us to reach for the stars and we landed on the moon.
Dr. Martin Luther King gives us a dream where we all live in a nation where people are not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
Our nation has cultured an environment in the sciences that has cured polio, developed antibiotics, lead to the information age - vacuum tubes, integrated circuit board, and the internet.
The gloom that hangs over our nation, the sorrow, the dejection, will pass. Remember, it started with a declaration from a young man in Virginia which lead to the birth of the American Spirit. That Spirit still lives on…
Happy Independence Day.