07/02/2026
"This Nation was born when a band of men, the
Founding Fathers, a group so unique we've never seen their
like since, rose to such selfless heights. Lawyers, tradesmen,
merchants, farmers – fifty-six men achieved security and
standing in life but valued freedom more. They pledged their
lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. Sixteen of them
gave their lives. Most gave their fortunes. All preserved their
sacred honor.”
“They gave us more than a nation. They brought to all
mankind for the first time the concept that man was born free,
that each of us has inalienable rights, ours by the grace of God,
and that government was created by us for our convenience,
having only the powers that we choose to give it. This is the
heritage that you're about to claim as you come out to join the
society made up of those who have preceded you by a few
years, or some of us by a great many.”
“This experiment in man's relation to man is a few years
into its third century. Saying that may make it sound quite old.
But let's look at it from another viewpoint or perspective. A
few years ago, someone figured out that if you could condense
the entire history of life on Earth into a motion picture that
would run for 24 hours a day, 365 days – maybe on leap years
we could have an intermission – this idea that is the United
States wouldn't appear on the screen until 3.5 seconds before
midnight on December 31st. And in those 3.5 seconds not only
would a new concept of society come into being, a golden
hope for all mankind, but more than half the activity,
economic activity in world history, would take place on this
continent. Free to express their genius, individual Americans,
men and women, in 3.5 seconds, would perform such miracles
of invention, construction, and production as the world had
never seen.”
---Ronald Reagan
Happy 4th of July
God Bless America
