Like every Fourth of July, America will be celebrating this holiday with parades, fireworks, and family picnics filled with hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecue, potato salad, baked beans, and mom's peach cobbler. The American flag will be proudly displayed in our neighborhoods. For most of us we look at this day of celebration as a day off with pay.
The true meaning of Independence Day or Fourth of July is the annual celebration of the United States' "birthday," the date of the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. As we celebrate another Fourth of July full of parades, fireworks, and family picnics, take a moment to remember that our American peoples from all heritages and ethnic backgrounds can truly celebrate the enormous progress that has been made over the years. Our struggles to truly bring equality and equal rights to everyone has triumphed with many victories and progress continues to this day. Also on this day of celebration, take a moment to read the powerful and moving speech delivery by Frederick Douglass on July 5, 1852 at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. This speech has been called "probably the most moving passage in all of Douglass' speeches."
Have a safe Fourth of July!!!!!!
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