I celebrate it to honor the past and those Americans before me who sacrificed so much to bring this nation to greatness.
I do agree that it should not be a celebration of present-day realities, though. Hopefully in time we’ll re-discover those values that made this nation great (I won’t be holding my breath that that will actually happen, though...)
“I celebrate it to honor the past and those Americans before me who sacrificed so much to bring this nation to greatness.”
1000% correct.