Diary 108

Saturday, July 4th

I hope everyone was able to have a pleasant July 4th, in whatever ways you were able to mark it.

It’s worth recalling that July 4th, 1776 did not mark Independence – it marked the day that the Declaration was signed as a promise for the future. A promise, notice. The war against Britain went on for another five years, for one thing and then, after brief breathing period, came the Civil War. 

The Declaration was a promise for the future. I wonder, looking around now, noticing what the ‘president’ does and says, whether we’ve delivered on that promise to be free of tyranny?