In Consideration of Independence Day

I was born on Independence Day, a few more years ago than to my liking. I studied the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence as instruments to live by. The common theme in these simple and short documents everyone should read is the united in United States and we in We the People. For at least a weekend, in these hard times where people are unemployed, hurting, and sick, let’s all remember those common themes. For at least today, imagine there is no left, there is no right, there is no black, there is no white, there is only us. We have a long way to go to match reality to the principles of equality, but with the vision of our forefathers and hard work, we will get there. Pause to remember and honor a few revolutionaries a few years shy of 250 years ago, and all the men and women who came before us, to fight, farm, and manufacture what we now enjoy.