And so as tradition here at CER goes, here are just a couple of tidbits for which 
WE GIVE THANKS…

...FIRST, THAT THE PILGRIMS (the equivalent of our modern day immigrants) did indeed land on these shores, like so many other explorers before them, and despite the struggle and strife, created a foundation for freedom and religious liberty that would mark a new, and fundamentally different nation now and always, as long as we work to keep it. We hope and pray that schools seek to teach the truth, derivative of original sources and not revisionist history.

...THAT THE CAUSES EMBODIED IN THAT EVENTUAL DECLARATION IN 1776 are what allows the US to have free and open elections, to cast a vote for whomever one chooses, to fight for that candidate and to work toward a more perfect union. Listen to this brief reminder of what the founding was all about and always strive to learn what happened directly, not just what others claim it to be.

...THAT THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, which was created by the Constitution that followed the nation’s founding, was able to validate just this June, almost 250 years after it was written, that the Constitution validates the right of parents, not systems, to direct the education of their children.

...THAT THERE ARE TEACHERS WHO CONTINUE to teach full time either in-person or virtually and put their children first, above systems, above union demands to strike and above political challenges.  

...AND FINALLY WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE PARENTS who are finding anyway to ensure their children learn, no matter what, and are finding out the hard way that having the power to address the individual needs of their children is the only way they, and we, will ultimately succeed as a nation.