Tuesday, July 3, 2007

July 4th, For Those Who Remember it by Warner Todd Huston

The day of celebration of the independence of our great country is once again at hand... for those of us who can remember what it's all about, that is. As former Secretary of Education under Ronald Reagan, William Bennett, has commented, this country is on the verge of a national amnesia about our own history. He warns that we are becoming a country who’s citizens are born as aliens a fact that will, in the end, make it impossible for our young Americans to sign up and fight for our country. After all, they won't understand why this country is a "way of life worthy of their own lives" if they do not know its history. And that is a dangerous thing.

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