The Fourth of July....
A reminder that the 4th of July isn’t about the military and “thank you for your service.”
(There are other holidays for that specifically, and I know some see patriotic displays as a huge part of Independence Day celebrations)
But this really honors a day not when shots were fired, but when pen was put to paper. It honors ideas. It honors everyday people standing up and saying “No more.”
It honors a revolution.
Personal freedom, equality and a turning point going towards progressive change is how I’ve seen this day in the past. I’d like this to be how I continue to see this day, but some change needs to happen.
For the better.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness”. -The Declaration Of Independence
