July 4, 2007
From the desk of Jane Galt:Happy Birthday, America
It's 4th of July, so it must be time for . . . patriotic poems!
From Watch, America
Robert Nathan
Where the northern ocean darkens,
Where the rolling rivers run,
Past the cold and empty headlands,
Toward the slow and westering sun,
There our fathers, long before us,
Armed with freedom, faced the deep;
What they won with love and labor,
Let their children watch and keep.
By our dark and dreaming forests,
By our free and shining skies,
By our green and ripening prairies,
Where the western mountains rise;
God who gave our fathers freedom,
God who made our fathers brave,
What they built with love and anguish,
Let their children watch and save.
Megan,
Happy Independence Day to you as well.
If you are in DC today, be sure to spend the day and evening on the Mall. The National Symphony concert is wonderful and the fireworks are really impressive.
Independence Day is also a a good occasion to read the Declaration of Independence -- particularly the beginning and the end -- and to think about the people who signed it. When they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, they knew what they had to lose. They were serious people, and at least once a year it does some good to think about them and what they did for us.
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