Dear Fellow Patriots,
America has had a rough few months. We are in a historic fight to preserve the American way of life. Thank goodness, just when we could use a double shot of the Spirit of 1776, straight, no chaser, along comes the Fourth of July.
Every year on the Fourth—Independence Day—we remind ourselves of all that makes America what Lincoln called it, “the last best hope of earth.” This reminder is especially needful now. The Claremont Institute was founded 40 years ago to teach Americans what it is about our country that makes it worth the last full measure of devotion. We have always thought this is the most important work in America.
On this Independence Day, I invite you to refresh your American Spirit and rededicate yourself to the American cause. Take a few minutes to listen to one or all of these stories by Claremont Institute senior fellow, Chris Flannery, about some of the things that make America the land that we love:
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How John Adams and Thomas Jefferson lived the spirit of 1776;
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Why America will always need Nathan Hales and
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Joseph Warrens and Abigail Adamses;
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Why George Washington, more than any of his contemporaries, was the necessary condition of American independence;
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What is the American Dream—in 1776, 1863, 1963, and always.
