Robin SmithOn Saturday, America will celebrate her 239th birthday, a birthday born from 13 colonies uniting under a rallying cry for personal liberty and religious freedom. July Fourth is not “The Fourth”; it’s Independence Day.
What have we done with our independence? Have we been good stewards of the liberties gained and established through war, founding documents such as our U.S. Constitution and the sacrifices of so very many?
First, why does America exist?
Because the subjects of civics and history fall down the ladder of priority to activism and political correctness in the realm of reality, many may have forgotten this “new world” was sought by those refusing to pay taxes to a corrupt and politicized organization that had formerly been the church but was weaponized by the British crown for the purpose of taxes, controlling speech and uniformity.
Those who sought and settled America rejected the government as the primary institution in their lives.