Replies

Parades, fireworks, baseball games, cookouts, camping out, a day off, sparklers, and patriotic music are the traditions we enjoy celebrating the beginning of our great Nation on the fourth of July.

Yet it is critical, now more than ever, that we remember our forefathers' maturity, wisdom and great courage when they agreed with and then signed their names below the very clear yet profound statements found throughout the Declaration of Independence.

This weekend please take time to consider their bravery in the context of the times they lived in, when there were no televisions, no radios, only limited newspapers for those who could read; there were no Sean Hannitys, no Rush Limbaughs, no Glenn Becks, no 24 hour online Conservative forums such as Free Republic and thus, not the slightest respite from a government's oppression in squelching verbal and written dissent often at the end of a rope or in front of a firing squad.

Each signatory had to have realized the grave risk both he and his family faced from the simple act of him signing his name, back in the days when a man's words, promises, name and signature bore great weight.

Fortunately today we have Free Republic, still open and providing the opportunity for all conservatives to express dissent against our current out of control government.

Liberty is not free. Please consider donating now to the 3rd Quarter 2010 FReepathon.