But sometimes, in the middle of the potato salad and the pool floats, we forget to ask the obvious question: What are we actually celebrating? Two hundred and forty-eight years ago, a group of men in Philadelphia signed a document that was essentially a break-up letter to the most powerful empire on earth. It was treason. If they lost, they would be hanged.
Happy Independence Day. May we always be brave enough to defend the silence. Independence Day
More Than Just a Day Off: Reflecting on the Cost of Freedom But sometimes, in the middle of the potato
You are a star. Your neighbor is a star. We don't have to look the same. But tonight, we look up at the same sky and watch the same fireworks. If they lost, they would be hanged
Pull out your phone and read the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence out loud. It is only 242 words. It will take you 90 seconds. It will give you chills.
A worn American flag blowing in the wind against a bright blue sky.