We, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. These words ended the Declaration of Independence that was proclaimed and took effect today, July 4, 1776, 238 years ago, that after more than a decade of unpopular British policies over the 13 Colonies of North America and violence against its people, and after the victories in Lexington and Concord and the pivotal battle of Bunker Hill, and years of deliberations of the Continental Congress that climaxed in the June 6 proposal of independence by one of its representatives, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia, and its national independence resolution of July 2, and with the signatures of 56 delegates of the colonies, including its author Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, President of the Congress John Hancock and Secretary of the Congress Charles Thomson, formally marked the birth of the first of the truly free nations of the world, the great UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and the dissolution of formal ties to the United Kingdom as a whole because of the open war that had been raging between crown supporters and the Patriots who opposed the repressive British policies since the spring of 1775. Today despite all that it has gone through the United States of America today marks yet another glorious anniversary of its foundation in the midst of the conflict that gave birth to it and inspired so many to break free the chains of repression and restriction of personal rights in the years following that great event in 1776. Sustained forever by the sacrifices of its uniformed services and the great inventions and events that not only shaped this country but in one way or another hepled transform our world, it will forever be a shining beacon of liberty and freedom to a world darkened by evil. LONG LIVE THE 238TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! LONG LIVE THE VALOROUS AMERICAN NATION, ITS VICTORIOUS PEOPLE, AND THE SERVICEMEN OF ITS ARMED FORCES! GLORY TO THE FIRST AND THE GREATEST OF ALL THE FREE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, OUR GREAT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! 0855H, July 4, 2014, the 238th year of the United States of America, the 147th of Canada, the 239th of the United States Army, Navy and Marine Corps, the 151st of the Battle of Gettysburg, the 120th of the International Olympic Commitee, the 100th of the beginning of the First World War, the 75th of the invasion of Poland and the beginning of the Second World War, the 70th of the marriage of John and Lena Basilone, D-Day, the battles for Caretan, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Peleliu, the beginning of the liberation of the Philippines and the Battle of the Bulge, and the 69th of the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa and of the great victories in Europe and the Pacific and the 67th of the United States Armed Forces Semper Fortis JOHN EMMANUEL C. RAMOS Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines Grandson of Philippine Navy veteran PO2 Paterno Cueno, PN (Ret.) (Star Spangled Banner) (Salute)
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