June is upon us. With that we are again going to be exposed to Pride Month where leftist ideologues will try to groom our children. It is time to change that. We have one day to celebrate mothers. We have one day to celebrate fathers. Why do we have a month for LGBT? If, to show our diversity, the country has to have a celebration of LGBT, let it be for one day only.
Let’s change this. Let’s make June a month’s long celebration of pride in the greatness of our country.
Pride Month is currently an egregious example of reshaping the country into leftist ideologies. These people have corrupted the rainbow to support their cause. Rainbow icons appear across our land. News stories abound about the greatness of the LGBT cause. Last year, the Biden White House hosted a huge pride party, decorating the executive mansion with garish displays supporting the Democrat cause du jour.
All of this is done to get the public to accept that the “historically oppressed” deserve special status in society. In doing so, these Democrat activists seek to undermine the American virtue that all are created equal. They seek to allot special privileges to this group of people.
This is not America. What we should be proud of is what we share. And what that is is our national heritage and identity. We should replace the LGBT version of June with one that reflects pride in America. Nearly every day in June has some historical value.
Mike Cote has started us off with a list. I am sure that we can add to it.
- June 4: In 1919, Congress passed the bill that would become the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, broadening the electoral franchise to women. Since its passage, women have been a major force in American politics, including in favor of conservative causes. This amendment brought America closer to the ideals it was founded on, enfranchising half of the population that had previously been left out of the democratic process.
- June 6: In 1944, Allied troops landed on the beaches in Normandy, France, in the largest amphibious assault in world history: D-Day. This was the beginning of the end of the Second World War in Europe, the crowning achievement of Dwight Eisenhower’s military career, and one of the greatest feats of arms in American history. American forces in Western Europe liberated France and put the U.S. in a place to halt Soviet domination of the continent. As such, it is a key turning point in our modern history.
- June 14: On this day in 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the design that would become the American flag, resolving that “the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.” That timeless combination of stars and stripes has been one of the most recognizable images in the world ever since. The date for Flag Day was made official by President Harry Truman in 1949.
- June 16: In 1775, a key event in the American Revolution occurred: George Washington accepted his appointment as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. The naming of Washington as head of the American military resistance efforts was a genius decision that led to the eventual victory over the British, set up Washington’s excellent presidency, and cemented his status as the man most associated with the founding of this great country.
- June 17: On this day, also in 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill took place. Continental Army troops held the line against multiple waves of coordinated British assaults, inflicting twice as many casualties on the Redcoat troops as they themselves suffered. Though the British ended the battle in control of the hill, Bunker Hill was one of the first significant successes in the American Revolution and the campaign that ultimately allowed the revolutionaries to force the British to withdraw from the critical city of Boston for the remainder of the war.
- June 19: In 1865, slaves in Texas learned of the Union victory over the Confederacy and the end of slavery across the United States, an event that is commemorated as Juneteenth. This day is a celebration of the liberty that all Americans earn by birthright, bringing us closer to living up to the ideals promoted by the founders of the nation. Also, nearly 20 years later, the enduring symbol of that American freedom — the Statue of Liberty — arrived in New York harbor, where it sits today as a shining beacon unto the nations.
- June 21: In 1945, American soldiers defeated the Japanese troops holding the island of Okinawa, the last major hurdle before a potential invasion of the Japanese home islands to end World War II. This massive victory brought us one step closer to ending the most devastating war the world has ever seen. American troops remain in Okinawa to this day, helping secure the postwar order against its many enemies, especially Communist China.
We can complete this celebration of America with the first four days in July. July 1-3 was the battle of Gettysburg. The culmination of American Heritage Month would be July 4, the day we celebrate as the founding of our great country.
The focus of the month should be unifying versus dividing. We should take pride in our shared values as Americans and demonstrate to the world what a shining city on the hill America is.