The Real America and the Ideal of the Fourth of July

America is a multi-national nation where there is currently much polarized debate as to who or what is the "Real America."

Perhaps the key to understanding America is that it's a nation defined, not by ethnic attributes of the citizens, but by the ideal of July 4th-- an ideal that all are created equal, with unalienable rights to liberty (yesterday's post).

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

The Development of Freedom since 1776 has been about including more and more men and women in that word "all".