Most people forget the true meaning of this day. Many people died so that we may live in a free and democratic society. God Bless those that over the years have given their lives in faithful service to our continued freedom and that continue to do so today.
It amazes me that in 1776 - 233 years ago - that we were just a small nation of 13 united States of America. There were approximated 2,500,000 people in our newly founded country. Today we are 50 states, the District of Columbia and 6 territories and our population is 304,059,724.
Today we have the techonology to be able to communicate like never before. Just the other day while talking to my hubby I was mentioning about a movie I had watched that was from the 80's. Not even 30 years ago and how much had changed. They had cassette tapes and the "car phone" was HUGE! It was really amazing how even in a short span of time things have changed. Can you imagine what it would have been like as they "wrote" the declaration? They took pen to paper and wrote it by hand. They didn't have the 100's of font choices and colors we have today to make our writings more unique.
Thank you to our founding fathers and those that came before us for giving us a FREE country. Take a moment today to also pray for those countries around the world that are still suffering persecution and governments that believe they are doing the right thing by using guns and opression to control people.
Happy Indepence Day!
For the land of the Free and the Brave!
“I have the strength for everything through him who empowers me.”
~Phil 4:13
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