Go Fourth To Celebrate Something GREAT

This long weekend we will be celebrating the daring defiance of a few brave souls who saw our relationship with Great Britain as offensive to the natural law of humanity and downright wrong in many general principles.
Living in colonial America was taxing enough without having imported and exported goods taxed as well. Hunger, disease and oppression were negative elements standing in the way of the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
By casting off the British Crown and all its invasion into our way of life, our founding families risked and paid dearly so that the United States could become a reality.
At first there were separate colonies and then states. Few of these states really wanted to band together – because they were so very diverse.
What did the frontiersman have to do with the southern plantation owner and what did the merchants of New York really have to do with the pioneers in the westward city of Cincinnati?
At first we could have really been called the Un-Tied States Of America.
Getting people together was a chore since water and road travel was slow and dangerous.
Getting the elected delegates to agree on much of anything was almost impossible.
However, the British Crown dug deeper into colonial pockets and lives and, with a few shots fired in our direction, war was ON.
THE LEADER of the army was George Washington, our second choice. But he was the only correct choice.
THE AUTHORS of the Declaration Of Independence and The Constitution were the best intellects and commanders of the language and law of the day.
The families that put their husbands and sons into the battle lines were the bravest – to stand against the greatest land army of the day – as well as hired mercenaries, the Hessians.
They, and the generations of soldiers that have served this country are the best. They braved lead slugs, cannon fire, disease and horrible medical practices to learn to fight, to face the enemy and to WIN.
July 4th was when the Declaration was ratified and then signatures had to be added. Look at the names affixed and realize that they were never in the same room at the same time. It took months to get all their signatures and to distribute copies to all the states.
The war was already being fought on many fronts.
Our families ran out of lead, needles, paper, cloth, ink, food, and endured privation – for the dream of a free land.
I encourage everyone to read through the Declaration sometime during the weekend. Copies are easy to find.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/jeffe...


After reading it and about its creation, I ask one thing: Would you have signed the document? Weighing the risk, would you commit your life, honor and fortune to the cause of independence? Would you have endured Valley Forge with General Washington? Would you have played a deadly chase through the swamps and hills and been willing to face down the barrels of muskets and cannon?
We were roused by an ideal. We Americans are like that. We are fighting for several just now. We are not an imperial nation and we just want the best for everyone.
We will fight and die for peace and the tens of thousands of graves of our troops and even the unsung hero wives and children of our troops bear witness to their dedication to a grand dream that still beats in each of our hearts.
Peace be on America; peace be on our world; peace be in your heart this weekend. © Tim http://www.timjohnsonphoto.com/