A Particularly Important Independence Day

Posted by va on July 4, 2009 under INSPIRATION | 16Read the First Commenthttp://912candidates.org/va/2009/07/04/a-particularly-important-independence-day/A+Particularly+Important+Independence+Day2009-07-05+03%3A53%3A27va

It is now evening on the Fourth, and I hear the distant sounds of fireworks. Our travels today included a drive through the Yorktown historic district near the battlefields of Washington and Cornwallis. As I think about previous 4th of July holidays, I recall parades, cookouts, trips to the beach, camping fun and carefree times with family and friends. We would fly the colors with pride and with the freedom our forefathers gave us, go about our holiday with patriotic music and fun.

On Independence Day 2009, as we face so many challenges to our liberty, it is with sadness that we nostalgically look back and smile at the precious times we enjoyed before our country was so changed. We clearly see the erosion of our liberties today, that we incrementally lost over the years, but were blind to. We long for the carefree years, but just as 9/11 did, we know we can no longer go back, but only move forward without the lack of attention of the past.

Today, I choose to remember Independence Day 2009, as a turning point and as a amazing opportunity to restore this great land, the beacon of freedom and hope for the world, to it’s former glory. It will not be easy. It will take a Herculean effort from all Patriots to hold back the tide, and restore the values and principles that each of us were given by our creator.

Instead of being nostalgic, and mourning the past, choose to see this Independence Day as the beginning of our American reawakening, and be determined that we will not sleep again. Bring others with you. 912candidates.org efforts can go a long way to restoring those values in America. Think of this as our Second Independence Day, which will never again be called simply the 4th of July.