Here's a message that came today from Barack Obama:
This weekend, our family will join millions of others in celebrating America. We will enjoy the glow of fireworks, the taste of barbeque, and the company of good friends. As we all celebrate this weekend, let's also remember the remarkable story that led to this day.
Two hundred and thirty-three years ago, our nation was born when a courageous group of patriots pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the proposition that all of us were created equal.
Our country began as a unique experiment in liberty -- a bold, evolving quest to achieve a more perfect union. And in every generation, another courageous group of patriots has taken us one step closer to fully realizing the dream our founders enshrined on that great day.
Today, all Americans have a hard-fought birthright to a freedom which enables each of us, no matter our views or background, to help set our nation's course. America's greatness has always depended on her citizens embracing that freedom -- and fulfilling the duty that comes with it.
As free people, we must each take the challenges and opportunities that face this nation as our own. As long as some Americans still must struggle, none of us can be fully content. And as America comes ever closer to achieving the perfect Union our founders dreamed, that triumph -- that pride -- belongs to all of us.
So today is a day to reflect on our independence, and the sacrifice of our troops standing in harm's way to preserve and protect it. It is a day to celebrate all that America is. And today is a time to aspire toward all we can still become.
With very best wishes,
President Barack Obama
July 4th, 2009
P.S. -- Our nation's birthday is also an ideal time to consider serving in your local community. You can find many great ideas for service opportunities near you at http://www.serve.gov.
No bashing, profanity, or negativity.
This weekend, our family will join millions of others in celebrating America. We will enjoy the glow of fireworks, the taste of barbeque, and the company of good friends. As we all celebrate this weekend, let's also remember the remarkable story that led to this day.
Two hundred and thirty-three years ago, our nation was born when a courageous group of patriots pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to the proposition that all of us were created equal.
Our country began as a unique experiment in liberty -- a bold, evolving quest to achieve a more perfect union. And in every generation, another courageous group of patriots has taken us one step closer to fully realizing the dream our founders enshrined on that great day.
Today, all Americans have a hard-fought birthright to a freedom which enables each of us, no matter our views or background, to help set our nation's course. America's greatness has always depended on her citizens embracing that freedom -- and fulfilling the duty that comes with it.
As free people, we must each take the challenges and opportunities that face this nation as our own. As long as some Americans still must struggle, none of us can be fully content. And as America comes ever closer to achieving the perfect Union our founders dreamed, that triumph -- that pride -- belongs to all of us.
So today is a day to reflect on our independence, and the sacrifice of our troops standing in harm's way to preserve and protect it. It is a day to celebrate all that America is. And today is a time to aspire toward all we can still become.
With very best wishes,
President Barack Obama
July 4th, 2009
P.S. -- Our nation's birthday is also an ideal time to consider serving in your local community. You can find many great ideas for service opportunities near you at http://www.serve.gov.
No bashing, profanity, or negativity.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 27
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
- Final notes: I didn't comment on these poems as I'm not feeling well and don't really feel up to it. I did read all of them over a number of times, of course.
I was extremely disappointed in the entries this time. I was looking for something original for a change, but nothing original showed up. I picked the three that I felt were the best of the group, but none of them particularly impressed me. The Gold was head and shoulders above the rest, but it still was basically a reiteration of what everybody says in poems like these. Most of these do express the sentiments one would expect, of course, but beyond that, there was little to go on to choose between them.
Contest Winners
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by Freed by Mercy 24 lines, 21 comments, on Jul 7 10:31 PM 2007. In Music, Summer
Gold trophy winner
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Proud to be American!by ourgirlFriday 43 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 5 2:11 PM. In Thoughts, Society, Nation, Patriotism
Silver trophy winner
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by Dreamer With Dreams 17 lines, 18 comments, on Sep 25 5:24 PM 2005. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope
Bronze trophy winner
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In the year of 1776
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Every year they scorch the sky. With works of fire that amaze the eyes. They no longer wonder about the ball of light we rotate by.by Dark passenger 11 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 6 9:40 PM. In Life, Sad, Pain, Dark, Death, Anger, Hate, War, Scorch, Sun, Explosives, Ash, Die• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I am surprised there is not any entries...I have a poem about Independence Day but it's a pre-write...Happy 4th America!...Hazel
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It was an oversight ...
now corrected.
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Thank you
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OOPS.
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Thank you for the gold. I'm sorry, though, that you did not get the depth you were looking for.
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