Friend --
I'd like to wish you a happy Independence Day!
Independence Day is quite different this year, considering the unprecedented challenges we have faced as a nation. Amidst protests against racial inequality and a resurging pandemic, there has never been a better time to reflect on the ideals laid out in our founding -- and what we can do to fully realize them.
The Declaration of Independence ends with, "[W]e mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."
It is that pledge to each other that we all can recommit to this weekend -- that as Americans, our lives are bound up in each other's. To love this country means to love the people in it and to protect each other. That means everything as simple as wearing a mask in public to social distancing to joining movements for justice.
As we celebrate the founding of our democracy, let's recommit to fulfilling the promise made in that Declaration of Independence -- life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all.
Happy Independence Day, friends.
With love,
Antonio
