Celebrating an exceptional country on Independence Day
By: Scott Walker
America is an exceptional nation. We are the best and greatest nation ever to exist on this earth. America is a city on a hill, a beacon of light shining on darkness through out the world. We have an awesome founding document, realize we were founded by divine providence and that our creator we are equal before is the source of our rights, not government. We were given a Republic by our founders and we intend to keep it. God Bless America! 🇺🇸🗽🦅🇺🇸 I’m proud to openly celebrate party our Independence Day! 🎇 🇺🇸
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We celebrate Independence Day in America this week. Despite our imperfect history, the United States is an exceptional country that still attracts masses from around the world because of the freedom and opportunities available to our citizens.
The chaos and destruction across the country seen over the past month have left many people wondering if the majority of us — particularly younger citizens — are proud to be Americans. A recent poll of high school and college-age students, however, gives us hope for the future — particularly among those who have yet to finish 12th grade.
The survey was commissioned by Young America’s Foundation and conducted by Echelon Insights. They polled 800 current high school students and 800 current college students from the general population between June 21 and 26, 2020. The results may surprise you.
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When asked about their view of the United States of America, 88% of the high school students and 69% of the college students said they were very or somewhat favorable to the U.S.A. Additionally, 91% of high school students and 73% of college students were very or somewhat favorable to the American flag.
When asked about phrases that describe the United States, 66% of high school students and 47% of college students said: “a country that is exceptional and unique,” while 67% and 48% respectively said, “a country that values liberty.”
The numbers dropped for the following descriptions: “a country that offers opportunity for all who work for it” received 63% support from high school students and 45% from college students. “A country that is a good example for other countries” received 55% and 37% respectively. And for the phrases, “a country that values justice” and “a country that values equality,” high school students listed support at 56% and 52% while college students were at 37% and 34%.
Interestingly, 85% of the high school students and 74% of the college students believed in the following statement: “If I work hard, I will have the opportunity to succeed in life.” Whether they call it or not, our young people still believe in the American Dream
Students were also asked if they were glad to live in the United States of America. Of those in high school, 85% said they strongly or somewhat agreed, while 73% of the college-age respondents said the same thing. When asked about the statement, “Lots of people from around the world would love the opportunity to move to the United States of America,” 88% of high school students and 77% of college students strongly or somewhat agreed.
The students’ top reasons why people would want to come to our country? Good job opportunities, our freedoms, and constitutional rights, and the ability to strive for “the American dream.” Not exactly what we see in the news or on social media these days.
Those conducting the poll asked students if they were comfortable or not standing for the national anthems at a sporting event or saying the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of an event or meeting. Of the high school students, 75% and 70% respectively said they were comfortable, while 50% and 46% of the college students said the same thing.
When asked about the statement “while America may not be perfect, it is a work in progress that is always improving itself,” 81% of the high school students strongly or somewhat agreed with 66% of the college students agreeing with them. On the statement, “Americans should be proud of their country,” 79% of high school students strongly or somewhat agreed, while the percentage for college students was 60.
Finally, students were asked, “Do you think that Americans should celebrate Independence Day (July 4th)?” Of those in high school, 87% said yes. Of those in college, 74% said yes.
Our young people, particularly those in high school, are more patriotic than the media and social media makes them out to be these days. The good news is that the fundamentals are there as young people understand the concept of the American Dream. They believe that working hard can lead to success and they believe the United States offers opportunities for those who work hard.
At the same time, the survey reveals the influence of students by left-wing professors and activists on college campuses. Unfortunately, many incoming freshmen are overwhelmed with negative views about America once they arrive for classes.
An objective view of U.S. and world history, along with basic economics, will affirm the strengths of our country and reveal the ongoing fight to provide liberty and prosperity for all. From ev’ry mountainside, let freedom ring!
These are the founding principles we celebrate. Happy Independence Day !
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......What do they see or know that the overwhelming majority does not? Is it our history — how we have always emerged stronger after difficult times? Is it a belief that if Trump is reelected, he will rekindle “morning in America”? Furthermore, can Trump dissipate the malaise? Can any leader of either party, now or in the future? Is national optimism dead? Pew Research Center’s new poll offers some insight.
The antidote 40 years ago arrived in the person of Ronald Reagan, who ended Jimmy Carter’s presidency by offering a countervailing vision of America. As president, he continued to embrace and embody sunny American optimism. On the occasion of his first Independence Day in the White House, Reagan penned an essay about what the occasion meant to him. Initially written in his own handjust three months after he’d been severely wounded in an assassination attempt, it was published in Parade magazine. Its words hold up well four decades later, and are needed now more than ever. Here is an excerpt:
For one who was born and grew up in the small towns of the Midwest, there is a special kind of nostalgia about the Fourth of July.
I remember it as a day almost as long-anticipated as Christmas. This was helped along by the appearance in store windows of all kinds of fireworks and colorful posters advertising them with vivid pictures. …
But enough of nostalgia. Somewhere in our growing up we began to be aware of the meaning of the day, and with that awareness came the birth of patriotism. July Fourth is the birthday of our nation. I believed as a boy, and believe even more today, that it is the birthday of the greatest nation on earth. …
[Our Founders] sired a nation that grew from sea to shining sea. Five million farms, quiet villages, cities that never sleep, 3 million square miles of forest, field, mountain and desert, 227 million people with a pedigree that includes the bloodlines of all the world.
In recent years, however, I’ve come to think of that day as more than just the birthday of a nation. It also commemorates the only true philosophical revolution in all history.
Oh, there have been revolutions before and since ours. But those revolutions simply exchanged one set of rules for another. Ours was a revolution that changed the very concept of government.
Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those voluntarily granted to it by the people.
We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should.
Happy Fourth of July.
“That great truth” is why we celebrate this day, the uniqueness written in the Declaration of Independence:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
No nation had ever been birthed with rights “endowed” by God — as opposed to a king or an equally powerful human. That was revolutionary! As Reagan wrote, “the only true philosophical revolution in all history.”
Most significant, the concept was blessed by God. If not, how could ragtag militias of under-equipped patriots have managed to defeat what was then the greatest military power on earth? The American triumph was no coincidence.
Thus, however flawed our nation always was and is — a viewpoint held by many citizens, the opposing party, and most of the media — the United States of America was created by the grace of God.And we continue, “In God We Trust” to exist and lead the world by that grace.
The Fourth of July is the perfect day for our president and all elected leaders to stand up and speak the truth — our nation is a direct result of God’s blessing, from where our government’s power and individual rights are derived, endowed, and sustained.
Perhaps if all Americans stand together and acknowledge that “great truth,” the malaise will miraculously fade, and our Creator will heal this nation.... https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/07/03/reagan_never_forget_the_great_truth_about_july_4_143593.html
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mtwThM_8h4M
Since today is the recognized paid holiday for the 4th of July, I’d like to take this opportunity to say Happy Independence Day everyone! 🇺🇸🗽🦅🇺🇸
This Day in History: July 4
The 1776 printing of the Declaration of Independence. (Museum of the American Revolution)
On this day, July 4 ...
1776: The Declaration of Independence is adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
Also on this day:
NEW YORK - JULY 4, 1939. Lou Gehrig, first baseman for the New York Yankees, is shown at the microphone during Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, a farewell to the slugger, at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Lou Gehrig
objective?
Hardly. Far right wing fascism is never objective.
So why are you still here if it's so terrible? Do you need donations for a ticket to Cuba or Venezuela?
That is the question to ask all the progressive left this weekend. Perhaps it’s time to bring back “America, love it or leave it” and let the silent majority law and order backlash begin.
I donate a buck or two!
Objective? What are you talking about? Patriotism, love of country, celebration of Independence Day are not in any way objective. People either are and do these things or they aren’t and don’t. Love of country and displays of patriotism is not a partisan issue. People either love their country and celebrate it or they don’t. This seed is about those who do. Happy Independence Day to all Americans!
The President’s speech at Mt. Rushmore was an all inclusive full throated defense of all it it is to be an American. Very well done!
Trump mentioned Frank Sinatra during his speech tonight, which prompted people who knew Sinatra to weigh in
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B6cLl_hHm7Y