Courage

Happy Birthday America!

On a day filled with parades, cookouts and fireworks,

I always make sure to remember the brave men who

committed high treason to win independence for

our new nation.

The Revolutionary Army was made up of a rag-tag

group of men who were farmers or blacksmiths or

shopkeepers.  They had to fight perhaps the greatest

military force of the age.  Let's not forget all they left

behind, the wives and mothers and children left to

keep the farms or shops going, all the while not

knowing the fate of their loved ones.

We also must remember the help from our friends,

the Dutch, the Spanish and most importantly the

French.  Without the help of France we probably

could not have won the war.

And all of this took tremendous courage...

Every day I embrace my unalienable rights of

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.