July 4th, also known as Independence Day, is a much more lighthearted and festive American holiday — with cookouts, parades, beach and boating parties and fireworks — than other patriotic holidays such Memorial Day or Veterans Day. Most people forget that when the 56 members of the Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in […]
Independence Forever: Why America Celebrates the Fourth of July
July 4, 2017 by
The Fourth of July is a great opportunity to renew our dedication to the principles of liberty and equality enshrined in what Thomas Jefferson called “the declaratory charter of our rights.” As a practical matter, the Declaration of Independence publicly announced to the world the unanimous decision of the American colonies to declare themselves free […]
WATCH: Rex Tillerson Rides with Rolling Thunder to Honor U.S. Military on Memorial Day.
May 30, 2017 by
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson joined almost one million bikers on Sunday as a rider in a massive caravan of motorcycles that rode from the Pentagon to the National Mall and the Vietnam Memorial on Sunday. A video posted on YouTube shows Tillerson posing for pictures with other bikers and preparing to mount his own […]
5 Things You Need To Know About Memorial Day.
May 29, 2017 by
Monday is Memorial Day, a solemn day for Americans to remember those who died in order for to protect our freedom to enjoy days such as this peacefully in the greatest country on the face of the Earth. But many Americans may not the know the history of Memorial Day and how it came to […]
Meet Staff Sgt. Tim Chambers — You Already Know Him As ‘The Saluting Marine’
May 29, 2017 by
Every year for the last 16 years, Staff Sgt. Tim Chambers has been front and center in Rolling Thunder, when nearly a million motorcyle riders decend on Washington, D.C., to commemorate Memorial Day. Like, really front and center — standing smack in the middle of 23rd Street near the Lincoln Memorial and Vietnam Wall. There, he salutes every […]
INSPIRE: War-Wounded Amputee Runs Boston Marathon Hoisting Huge American Flag.
April 18, 2017 by
There’s Boston Strong, and then there’s Jose Sanchez. Four years after two brothers from Kyrgyzstan detonated home-made bombs in pressure cookers at the finish line of the annual race, killing three and injuring hundreds — including 16 who lost limbs — Sanchez decided to join the race. Sanchez is a retired Texas Marine Staff Sergeant who was badly […]