We have made a new milestone in this great country’s history and I don’t think we will honestly take time to appreciate it. With this Fourth of July here the Republic has made it one more year and marks 231 years in a study in democracy. Will it just be another day off from work were we get to eat, drink and see fireworks and maybe buy something cheap? This day is a birthday of great importance. Our founding Fathers came to this country as British subjects to a King that though all the land and money was his. As the colonist grew to love this land and they came to understand the dream of freedom. The founding fathers took a stand against the super power of the day and won on determination. They understood that when you long for something you have to fight. Though the first decade of this great endeavor had a couple of governments and wars. We as a new nation stood together and started the candle of freedom that today is brighter then the sun. We as American citizens need to remember who come before us that made shore we have the right to be free. The writers of The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution painted the seeds of this great Republic. With out us to protect the fruits of our founding fathers, America will wither and die. We need to as Americans take time to stop this Fourth of July and think of all whom have protected our freedoms. Pelage to make shore this nation can make it another 231 years. Lets not give up our birthright for a few beers and fireworks. Show that you are proud to be an American, Fly Old Glory, shake the hands of our protractors; Soldiers, police officers and all the others that keep the beacon of freedom illuminating the world.