July

This month we celebrate our 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding. I clearly remember the 200th. I had created a scene in the front yard of my home depicting the Boston Tea Party, including a cardboard ship with cardboard boxes labeled “tea” scattered about on the “sea.” Others in my neighborhood decorated their homes too.

When I think of this year’s celebration, I feel some inner tension. Our freedoms are being challenged by the current government. It seems to me that in honor of this day, like our forebears, we should stand up and make our voices heard, urging our leaders to uphold the freedom and equality of all people, not just in the United States, but all over the world.

Have a blessed and safe Independence Day and a wonderful month.

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