All those many years ago, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence. In the final words of the document, they speak volumes and end in unity. "..And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor." The 56 men who placed their names at the bottom knew that with their signatures they were risking everything. Have you ever felt so strongly or believed so much?
Today we are all thankful that they took this chance and asked God's blessing upon it. By the blood, sweat and faith of all who have come before we live in a place that became the United States. Those entering from other countries can see the following on the Statue of Liberty "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free. The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door."
God Bless America.
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