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The Cost of Citizenship

Friday, November 14, 2008

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America, home of the free, land of the brave. I am SO grateful to be an American citizen. I know we have our problems here, but there is no other nation ever in world history that has afforded its citizens such freedom and prosperity. But freedom does come at a cost- the cost of “eternal [...]

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Happy Independence Day, America!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

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“What a glorious morning this is!” - Samuel Adams (to John Hancock at the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts, 19 April 1775) This day is the day Americans (well, citizens of the state of Massachusetts, anyway) STARTED the fight for American independence! Woohooo! I know, July 4, 1776, is THE day Congress officially declared it. But as with [...]

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