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Thursday, July 4, will be a day of barbecues, beaches and booms as we once again celebrate Americas Independence Day.

But before lighting that first firework or throwing those burgers on the grill, lets not forget to honor the memory of our ancestors who helped to establish the great country we live in today. We have freedoms that some other countries will never enjoy.

It is important for all of us to remember that those freedoms werent simply deeded to us.

They were fought for and won, often at a fierce cost.

They were earned 237 years ago by a brave group of patriots who were willing to risk their lives to sign a document, the Declaration of Independence, which would have been their death sentence had the revolution against Great Britain not been successful.

They were won by a rag tag, ill-equipped army that was overmatched in firepower, but not in the desire for independence, and not in leadership thanks to General George Washington.

Our national unity and our liberty was won and defended by common men thrown into uncommon situations in places like Gettysburg, Belleau Wood and Normandy.

Over the past 50 years, our sons and daughters have fought in the marsh paddies of Vietnam, the scorching desert of Iraq and the mountainous terrain of Afghanistan to preserve our liberty and to win freedom for oppressed peoples.

We havent always been as successful as wed like in these endeavors, but our motivation always has been to help those who needed help. We have proven to be the only superpower in the history of mankind who fights its wars to liberate, not to conquer.

The United States remains the worlds greatest hope for freedom and justice. Nowhere else on this planet are individuals accorded the rights to liberty and the avenues to success that are found here.

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