I Am An American
This is a rerun of a post from several years ago. It is even more appropriate today than it was then.
Freedom is a valuable and precious gift worth fighting for. As Sundance notes:
We Americans come from solid stock. We carry in our DNA a fortitude of individual identity that is not dependent on government for affirmation or permission. We are the beneficiaries of those who believed in stubborn independence.
On the day when we celebrate the birth of America, we should ask what it means to be a citizen of this republic. ...