| Fellow Conservative, Today marks 249 years since our Founding Fathers risked everything to declare America’s independence and the start of a nation founded on freedom. We remember them and we remember the sacrifices of so many others to keep it that way. My story is only possible in this country. I came here when I was 17, enlisted as a private and retired as a major general. I’m grateful for the soldiers I served with and for having the chance to give back to the country that’s given me so much. As you celebrate today, I hope you’ll remember the courage and sacrifice it took to build America, and the charge we all have to leave it better than we found it. It’s like President Reagan said: "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it on to our children in the bloodstream. The only way they can inherit the freedom we have known is if we fight for it, protect it, defend it, and then hand it on to them with the well fought lesson of how they in their lifetime must do the same." Have a safe and happy Independence Day,  John King | ||
  
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