AMEN, Malinda! Sue L. > >>>>I will remember that it was Liberty for which they stood against the > legions of the king - not equality, nor the radical egalitarianism that > infects the body politic today and, like an incubus, sucks away at the very > lifeblood of America.>>>>. > > WHAT ?????.....where did this little poison pill come from ? > > I will remember that Washington was offered a Kingdom and said we've had > enough of Kings....and that he was thinking of future Americans with each > step he took and each precedent that he set. I will remember that every > President since has worn his mantle....some of them very badly. > > And I will remember November 2000 and hope we didn't accidentally > "acquire" a little king. > > > > > Helene Pockrus wrote: > > > On this Independence Day, I will remember the fire of liberty that burned in > > the Virginia House of Burgesses, when Patrick Henry, a Southern man, rose to > > declaim, "Give me liberty or give me death." > > > > I will remember those who stood at Concord's "rude bridge that arched the > > flood" and fired the "Shot heard 'round the world." I will remember the > > cold, > > ragged, ill-clad, hungry, frostbitten men who suffered the privations of > > winter at Valley Forge because they counted liberty dearer than the comforts > > of home and hearth. > > > > I will remember General Washington and Light Horse Harry Lee, Southern men > > who grasped the horn of Liberty and refused to let it go. I will recall that > > it was Harry Lee who said that Washington was "First in war, first in peace, > > and first in the hearts of his countrymen." > > > > I will remember the great Republic of Republics those men carved from 13 > > colonies in a corner of the great British Empire. > > > > I will remember that it was Liberty for which they stood against the > > legions of the king - not equality, nor the radical egalitarianism that > > infects the body politic today and, like an incubus, sucks away at the very > > lifeblood of America. > > > > I will remember the second great war for American Independence that was > > fought in 1861 and I will remember that the Republic of Washington, > > Jefferson, and Madison died in that struggle. > > > > I will remember the centralization of a nation and the gradual erosion of > > individual rights in the name of welfare. > > > > I will remember that no man today is truly free to pursue his own economic > > course - that federal mandates, city, county, state and federal taxes weigh > > upon his shoulders until he stoops beneath their burden. > > > > I will remember the freedoms so lightly surrendered by those who prefer to > > wear the chains of welfare than to boldly walk in the free air of liberty. > > > > I will remember that Southern God-fearing men established this Republic > > and that godless Northern men presided over its demise. > > > > I will remember those who fought against insuperable odds at Shiloh, > > Corinth, Vicksburg, The Wilderness, Nashville, and Petersburg. > > I will remember that they sought only the liberty, secured by their sires > > in 1776 and that they too pledged their sacred honor, fortune and lives for > > that principle. > > > > On this Independence Day, I will remember and mourn for fallen heroes who > > lie > > in Flanders' Fields, on Normandy's beaches, in the jungles of Pacific > > islands, on windswept Korean hills, and in forgotten rice paddies in > > Vietnam. > > > > And I will think hard about modern politicians who would sell our liberty > > and > > the blood of America's martyrs to the highest bidder for 30 pieces of > > silver, > > or a mess of pottage. > > > > God bless those Southern men who secured our liberty and watered its tree > > with their own blood. As the nation they established pales further into the > > mists of history, I tremble when I consider the shackles that are forged > > for > > my grandchildren by those who love ease more than liberty. > > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ > > > ==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== > Check out our HANCOCK Project World Wide at: > http://members.aol.com/heatherjvw/Hancock/ >