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== Reagan: What July 4<sup>th</sup> Means to Me ==
== Reagan: What July 4<sup>th</sup> Means to Me ==
Representative of the traditional oratory of the Fourth is this oration written and delivered by President [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1981:
Representative of the traditional meaning of the Fourth is this oration written and delivered by [[President Ronald Reagan]] in 1981. It captures the essence of what the holiday means to millions of Americans:
{{cquote|For one who was born and grew up in the small towns of the Midwest, there is a special kind of nostalgia about the Fourth of July.
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{{cquote|<big>For one who was born and grew up in the small towns of the Midwest, there is a special kind of nostalgia about the Fourth of July.</big>
I remember it as a day almost as long anticipated as Christmas. This was helped along by the appearance in store windows of all kinds of fireworks and colorful posters advertising them with vivid pictures.
I remember it as a day almost as long anticipated as Christmas. This was helped along by the appearance in store windows of all kinds of fireworks and colorful posters advertising them with vivid pictures.
'''Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those ''voluntarily granted to it by the people.'''''
'''Let the Fourth of July always be a reminder that here in this land, for the first time, it was decided that man is born with certain God-given rights; that government is only a convenience created and managed by the people, with no powers of its own except those ''voluntarily granted to it by the people.'''''
We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should. <ref>[http://www.originofnations.org/books,%20papers/quotes%20etc/what_july_fourth_means_to_me.htm What July Fourth Means to Me: Ronald Reagan]</ref>
'''We sometimes forget that great truth, and we never should.''' <ref>[http://www.originofnations.org/books,%20papers/quotes%20etc/what_july_fourth_means_to_me.htm What July Fourth Means to Me: Ronald Reagan]</ref>
Happy Fourth of July,
Happy Fourth of July,
''President of the United States''}}
''President of the United States''}}
==Symbols of Liberty in the United States:==
==Symbols of Liberty in the United States:==