Let Freedom Ring

Happy 4th of July! As we celebrate this Independence Day, let us remember those who make our freedom and independence possible.  God Bless!

Happy Veteran's Day

Today as we remember and thank all who give for us, I ask you to read the words of Ronald Reagan as he said it so well...

“Those who live today remember those who do not. Those who know freedom remember today those who gave up life for freedom.

 

Today, in honor of the dead, we conduct ceremonies. We lay wreaths. We speak words of tribute. And in our memories, in our hearts, we hold them close to us still. Yet we also know, even as their families knew when they last looked upon them, that they can never be fully ours again, that they belong now to God and to that for which they so selflessly made a final and eternal act of devotion.

 

We could not forget them. Even if they were not our own, we could not forget them. For all time, they are what we can only aspire to be: giving, unselfish, the epitome of human love -- to lay down one's life so that others might live.

 

We think on their lives. We think on their final moments. In our mind's eye, we see young Americans in a European forest or on an Asian island or at sea or in aerial combat.

 

And as life expired, we know that those who could had last thoughts of us and of their love for us. As they thought of us then, so, too, we think of them now, with love, with devotion, and with faith: the certainty that what they died for was worthy of their sacrifice -- faith, too, in God and in the Nation that has pledged itself to His work and to the dream of human freedom, and a nation, too, that today and always pledges itself to their eternal memory.

 

Thank you. God bless you.

 

- Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States (1981–1989), delivered at the Veterans Day National Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, November 11, 1988.

Celebrate

Happy Independence Day to all!

May this 4th of July bring peace and celebration as we honor those who have fought, and continue to fight, for our independence and country.  Thank you!  I am forever grateful for the freedoms we have in this great land and appreciate all those who fight to keep it so.  As Ronald Reagan said, "If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under."




Per Joe Barton, "Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes.  As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation."

 

Stay safe and be well!