Yes, a key people often forget is they celebrate the day they declared their independence, not the day they won it. It was a declaration of war against a mighty empire that everyone though would win. The empire did not though because people were willing to die defending their liberties.
We have come so far from those days though... in the wrong direction. Die for liberty? Pfft. Most people won't get off their couch to help a neighbor let alone defend liberty's cause. It's a disgrace.
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