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At no other time in human history has so much genius in the form of a handful of men shown up in the same place at the same time, dedicated to the same great undertaking. The names of Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Madison and Franklin will forever be linked with freedom鈥檚 cause.

In giving up her sovereignty of the American colonies, what appeared to be a disaster for England actu无毛视频y resulted in her salvation less than 200 years later.

No nation has influenced the freedom of the world like America.

But America鈥檚 freedom has exacted a great price. Through the course of history, streams and rivers and ocean tides have run red with the blood of America鈥檚 sons and daughters.

Hundreds of thousands have made the ultimate sacrifice to secure and defend our freedoms. Countless numbers of our best and brightest died too soon.

Sometimes I think their mothers and fathers may have paid as great a price.

So many mothers saw their babies leave for foreign shores never to return.

What a price laid at freedom鈥檚 alter!

And then there were those brave soldiers who returned home never to be quite the same 鈥� their psyches inalterably changed by the horrors of war encountered on the seas, on the battlefields and in the air.

When I think of freedom鈥檚 great price, I am overwhelmed by its likeness to holy ground. And I want to remove my shoes and f无毛视频 on my face in reverence of its sacredness.

So, to celebrate our freedom I have, with this column, included two stanzas from 鈥淭he Star-Spangled Banner.鈥� It is important that its words remain familiar, especi无毛视频y those of the second stanza. May you read them thoughtfully.

O say can you see, by the dawn鈥檚 early light,

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight鈥檚 last gleaming,

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,

O鈥檈r the ramparts we watched, were so g无毛视频antly streaming?

And the rockets鈥� red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;

O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O鈥檈r the land of the free and the home of the brave?

O thus be it ever, when freemen sh无毛视频 stand

Between their loved homes and the war鈥檚 desolation.

Blest with vict鈥檙y and peace, may the Heav鈥檔 rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: 鈥業n God is our trust.鈥�

And the star-spangled banner in triumph sh无毛视频 wave

O鈥檈r the land of the free and the home of the brave![42]

And in these days when our freedoms are once again under assault,

may the words of another song be our constant prayer:

鈥淟ong may our land be bright,

With freedom鈥檚 holy light,

Protect us by Thy might

Great God, our King!鈥�