Today used to be just another holiday, full of hot dogs, fireworks and apple pie. While it’s still full of those things, we need to also recognize that it’s a day to celebrate our independence or freedom. Sadly it seems more and more each day we lose some right that our parents and grandparents took for granted. I’ll leave it at that for the day as lots else to talk about, but don’t be an apathetic citizen that says or does nothing until it’s too late.
Now to the day, today around 1, Jagger gets back, whoo hoo! Then we’ll head up to Grandma’s for some fun with Aunt Robi and Robert. They arrived yesterday afternoon and we saw them for a bit last night. Ty, who was supposed to go to camp tomorrow, is still sick. Last night he couldn’t stop coughing and then threw up. We’re going to try to get him some antibiotics today as our friend Libby was out of town. In any case he’s not going to camp as it turns out we registered him at the Indian Hills Camp in California! Of course there’s no refunds so we have that going for us, and the camp here is $1700 which is out of our price range. We feel bad for him but nothing we can do about it. Vinny’s Mom sent us the link which we followed and didn’t notice was different from the Indian Hills that’s 30 minutes from us. Live and learn.
Now for a little history to put the day in perspective, read on….
Today, we celebrate the birth of our nation.
We honor the courageous patriots who cast off the chains of despotism, abolishing our bond to an unjust government.
And we remember our forefathers who fought and died for the principles of self-governance and self-determination.
As we continue their legacy, let us not forget the number 1 reason that pushed our Founders to take a stand for liberty.
The confiscation of the colonists’ guns…
On September 1, 1774, British soldiers seized hundreds of barrels of gunpowder from the homes of American patriots.
Thousands of American colonists’ homes were violated and rendered defenseless in the wake of the “Powder Alarm.â€
But this encroachment sparked the flame of revolution.
Soon after, British troops began warrantless searches of colonists’ homes for arms and ammunition.
Firearms were unlawfully seized and thousands of American colonists laid plans for independence.
Finally, on October 17, 1774, the British ordered the complete disarmament of New England.
Our Founders knew firsthand that without arms, individuals are helpless against oppression.
So on July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress began drafting the document we know today as the Declaration of Independence.
With unanimous consent, the Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776. It boldly declared:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.â€
The Founders later enshrined the framework necessary to defend these God-given rights from any who dared threaten them, when they drafted the Bill of Rights, including the right to keep and bear arms.
So with this war on guns, that our present day government is pushing, it’s a bit ironic that the whole movement to independence for our nation was due to the British doing the same thing our present day govt is trying to do, 239 years ago. There’s an old saying to study history as everything repeats itself. God Bless.