On July 4th, 1776 our founding fathers got together and a wrote a document that stated we are mad as hell and we're not going to take it any more. The Revolutionary War (1775–1783) was fought and a new nation was born. A nation born on the principals of the Bill of Rights and the Preamble to the US Constitution says is beautifully; We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. I served my country for 20 years based on those words and those documents. I have brothers and sisters who continue to serve and some who made the ultimate sacrifice defending those ideals. So remember when you are doing your BBQ today and watching those fireworks displays, that the United States of America was a nation founded; Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. and that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. May God bless you all and God bless the United States of America. Dave, OUT