At this 250th anniversary of the grand experiment in a democratic republic on the North American continent we celebrate a future where the spirit of the Declaration of Independence and a powerful re-enshrinement of the spirit of the United States Constitution is held as a sacred trust.

In the course of history, Independence Day for the formerly enslaved, applies more accurately to the Juneteenth holiday. Further, history compels everyone else to observe the Juneteenth “Day of Jubilee” with them so that they can celebrate, in perpetuity, their freedom. For us it is to remember that any kind of enslavement or diminution of the rights of anyone under the equal application of the United States Constitution, must never again appear in these United States.

A few years back Ray Owen wrote a beautiful song that uplifts Pennsylvania far better than the current state song.

Today, we remember D-Day, opening 82 years ago in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944