"My Country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of LIBERTY . . . ."
As with those who came to these shores in the 1600's, the 1700's, the 1800's, and through the 1900's and even today, the idea of liberty was predominant in their minds.
Bartholdi's lamp in the hands of Lady Liberty remains a beacon to those whose government leaders assume coercive and oppressive powers over their Creator-endowed rights.
At this Thanksgiving Season, perhaps we should remember that ours is a "We, the People's" Constitution, and that, in 1787, a people shed the chains of government which binds the people in favor of chains which bind those in government.
Happy Thanksgiving. Thanks for posting Jacoby's column.
My all time favorite was
My country,' tis of thee,
sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing;
land where my fathers died,
It worried me for a long time, but now I can proudly sing "my fathers".