Today, July 4, 2025, marks America’s 249th birthday. On July 4, 1776, the thirteen colonies declared their independence from Britain, setting off a lengthy war, at the end of which they gained their independence from sometimes-brutal overlords across the Atlantic. Sacred Honor, indeed America’s Founders were a remarkable group of erudite, courageous, patriotic men, the …
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This Independence Day, let me reflect on the qualities that have made America the Best, most Prosperous, and most Free Nation on God's Green Earth. From the moment the first new settlers in America stepped foot on the continent, God was their constant companion, their motivation, and their Rock. The Pilgrims gave thanks to their …
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Here are just a few of the headline stories to get the long July 4 weekend off to a bang-up start in the Seattle area. Before the hot weekend even starts, and very near my neighborhood, we have this explosive story: (courtesy of KOMO News) Teenage Girl Fatally Shot During Altercation at Alderwood Mall. The …
As we usually do, Hubby and I headed over to the Bellevue Downtown Park for the Independence Day fireworks show. The park was wall-to-wall people, blankets, and tents. And that was only in one direction! People, dogs, kids, and vendors made themselves comfortable with their picnics and drinks, waiting for the big show to start …
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Today is American Independence Day. On July 4, 1776, America with its Declaration Of Independence, marked its separation from England, and the initiation of the Greatest Country on God's Green Earth. In addition to becoming a country of its own, America became the first in all of human history. What First, you ask? America became …
Here is my tribute to America, the Greatest Country ever devised by humanity in all its recorded history. This Independence Day, each and every American should be celebrating the founding of a nation founded on a great idea, that All Men Are Created Equal, by their God, with the Unalienable Rights to Life, Liberty, and …
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In 2020, every single town in Western Washington cancelled their Independence Day celebrations, parades, and fireworks shows, due to Government restrictions on "gatherings" of people. Even outdoors, the risk of spreading the Wuhan Coronavirus was too high to let the people celebrate perhaps the most important holiday on the calendar in America. This just added …
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The Declaration of Independence is perhaps the most momentous single document in American history, and maybe even in the history of Western Civilization. In July of 1776, after long deliberation by a group of remarkable men, they laid out the many reasons for the decision to separate the thirteen colonies from Great Britain, and by …
This year of 2020, when we Americans should be celebrating American Exceptionalism-the big difference in America's founding and history from every other nation on Earth; our great country is riven by rioting, looting, Marxism, ugliness, vandalism---oh, and also a worldwide pandemic of a virus that originated in Communist China. Instead of the sound of parades, …
The Greatest Country on God's Green (and getting greener) Earth. I am proud to be a Citizen of the United States of America. The United States is the most Prosperous nation in the history of Mankind. People who come here from elsewhere know that, if they work and save, they can aspire to be …
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