From the President’s Desk:
The Price of Freedom
This issue seems to have evolved to a point where we are looking at our country and realizing
that certain aspects of our freedoms need to be examined.
The nation we enjoy was formed out of tremendous sacrifice and suffering. Our freedoms
were not granted because we requested them, but because we fought for them.
Our American revolution had a very tenuous undertaking. It has been said that thirty
percent of the people were willing to fight for it; thirty percent were loyal to the Crown and
thirty percent were neutral. Ten percent were not even aware of the issues involved.
Our nation was formed from a coalition of different nationalities because the colonies were
a melting pot of humanity. We know the more famous patriots: Jefferson, Washington,
Franklin, Revere, Adams, Hamilton and others. One patriot lesser known until recently was
Haym Solomon, a Polish immigrant Jew who was credited with saving the war by arranging
finances for the army. He sold bonds for the effort. To whom? I would suppose the people who
were not committed to the effort but saw an opportunity to make money. He also used his own
money to procure supplies.
Most of the revolutionaries were left penniless and in some cases lost their homes. Some
were killed, some tortured, some imprisoned. They paid the price for the freedoms we now
enjoy. This year as we celebrate our independence, pause and remember those and all who have
served in the fight to obtain and retain our freedoms.
Pray that our leaders will recognize the threats we face and stop the political correctness that
prevails throughout the government. We as Christians should pray more fervently than ever for
our country and ask God once more to forgive and bless us.
Joe Hale
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our
children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them
to do the same” -- Ronald Reagan