IT'S AMERICA'S 239TH BIRTHDAY: CELEBRATE AND HONOR HER

NORTH FLORIDA WRITER LIVE HONORS THE FOUNDATION OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY IN THIS BROADCAST.

TODAY MARKS THE TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE DAY WHEN A NEW NATION, CONCEIVED IN LIBERTY AND UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF GOD, WAS BORN. IT TOOK FIVE LONG AND BLOODY YEARS TO ACHIEVE THE GOAL OF INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITISH RULE, BUT THEY BRAVE SOULS WHO RISKED THEIR ALL ACCOMPLISHED WHAT AT THE TIME SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.  AFTER ALL, BRITAIN WAS THE MOST POWERFUL NATION ON EARTH AND YET A RAG TAG BAND OF PATRIOTS WERE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF AND IN DOING SO CREATED THE MOST NOBLE EXPERIMENT IN GOVERNMENT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.

WE HAVE OFTEN FACED TROUBLED TIMES SINCE OUR FOUNDATION AND ARE INDEED IN A SIMILAR SITUATION TODAY.  AND OFTEN IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE LOST THE SPIRIT OF 1776 AND HAVE LOST OUR WAY. BUT WE OWE IT TO THOSE BEFORE US AND TO THOSE TO FOLLOW US, TO REDOUBLE OUR EFFORTS TO AFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO THE GREATEST NATION ON EARTH.  SO LET'S HONOR HER TODAY AND WORK WITH ALL OF OUR STRENGTH AND WITH THE HELP OF GOD TO MAKE SURE AMERICA ALWAYS REMAINS THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE.

I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING OUR NATION'S BIRTHDAY WITH SOME PATRIOTIC COMMENTARY AND MUSIC AS WELL AS A SHORT PRAYER.

GOD BLESS AMERICA AND MAY SHE EVER BE FREE.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA.