Today we celebrate an event that happened 273 years ago in the city of Philadelphia in the then English colony of Pennsylvania. A group of men, representing voting men from their colonies, met and threw down a challenge to the British Empire. Meet our demands or we will fight for our independence.
History records many such revolutions, some successful, some failures. Today, as we celebrate the action that set the American colonies on a course of action that would lead to the creation of what would become a world leader nation, I think we need to reflect on what those men hoped to achieve, and see if our country has maintained those goals.
We all know that our country still needs to improve in areas of equal rights, for a variety of minority groups - ethnic, race, gender, & sexual persuasion.
We still struggle with trying to interpret just what is meant by the Constitution. I believe that our fore fathers intended the Constitution to be a guide only, after all they saw the world changing in their time, and the majority were intelligent enough to know that change would continue.
So, as we toast those brave men, and the women who stood behind and supported them, let us reflect on how we as individuals try and live according to the goals laid out in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and what we can do to improve those goals and help bring about true democracy, equality and freedom in this land we love.
Its Common sense!
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