Tag: freedom
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250 Years of America: Remembering Where We Came From and Choosing What We Carry Forward
Two hundred and fifty years. That number almost feels too big to understand. 250 years of families. 250 years of dreams. 250 years of ordinary people waking up each morning and trying to build a life. When we think about history, we often think about dates written in textbooks, famous names, and big moments. But…
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The Cost of Ordinary Days
Memorial Day arrives each year wrapped in sunshine. The smell of cookouts fills the air.Children laugh in backyards.Families gather around picnic tables.Flags wave gently in the summer breeze. And while there is nothing wrong with celebrating the freedoms we enjoy, I think sometimes we move through this holiday so quickly that we forget why it…