Independence Day
Since I began this blog in late 2007, I have done two posts on Independence Day, one for 2008 and one for 2009. This year’s post is a speech made on July 4, 1946, by John F. Kennedy when he was a candidate for Congress. In a sense, it is a patriotic history lesson with Independence Day as its backdrop. Given when the speech was made, Kennedy doesn’t mention Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan. If he had given it today, these wars would have undoubtedly been included, since he pays tribute to all Americans willing to risk their lives for the cause of independence, no matter the war.
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