On This Independence Day . . .

Hello Everyone,

Evelyn here,

Across the national, there are ongoing Independence Day celebrations. It is my fond wish that these celebrations are done in the truest spirit as it was the on the day that our ancestors so valiantly won our rights to be a free and independence nation. A day that has lead us into to being one of the most powerful, if not the most powerful, super nation in the known world. 

Our newest citizens, those who entered our country as immigrants, and who just passed the citizen exams, might have a greater sense of what this is to live in a  country where independence and individuals freedoms are cherish norm. Rather than some of us, who were borne here, and who still struggle with petty territorial grievances. I speak of those of us, who in general, take this day for grant and simply  gather to party without much reflection on the to full importance of what it has  truly meant for us as a nation when our fore fathers of 1775 signed a simple piece of parchment declaring us a free nation. That simple piece of parchment could have meant their death and our continuous servitude to another country if they had failed in their effort.

It seems to me that on this Independence Day, we should remember and thank God to those men and women in our nation’s history who had the fortitude face to the challenges it took to free a budding nation so that we today make what it into the glorious nation is today.

Now, a few words from our governor, the Honorable Charlie Crist, about the men and women who are meeting the challenges keep us a solid and free nation today

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July 4, 2007 

 

Dear Friends,

 

As we celebrate our nation’s independence we have a unique opportunity to reflect on the freedom we experience as Americans each and every day.

  

America is blessed with incredible diversity, boundless beauty and endless opportunity unlike any other nation in the history of the world. On the Fourth of July, I reflect on the courage of our forefathers, going into war as the underdogs. They had a vision of what the United States could be and that dream carried them through to victory. 

 

It’s the dream my grandfather carried with him when he came to this country nearly 100 years ago, and it’s that same dream of freedom and a better way of life that the brave men and women of our Armed Forces faithfully and skillfully defend.

 

In the words of our founding fathers, “And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.”

  

May God bless all who risk everything for the preservation of this nation and may God continue to bless the great state of Florida,

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Have a Happy and Safe Independence Day!

 

Evelyn out.