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Tomorrow is the anniversary of two decisive victories in favor of freedom and republic democracy.
At Vicksburg, Confederate officer Pemberton offered Grant his surrender on July 3, with the terms of surrender completed the next day on Independence Day.
Also on July 3 Union forces defeated General Lee's Confederate forces in Pennsylvania at Gettysburg.
And on July 4 this year, let us also never forget the great risks that English Americans took when they declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776.
The American Revolution created a republic that brought to the world a government that was antithetical to governments in Europe at the time that relied on "divine right of monarchs."
The Union victory in the American Civil War determined that slavery would no longer exist in a republic democracy and had shown that like the Founding Fathers of the Revolution, Abraham Lincoln, and his numerous supporters, believed that freedom could only exist with strong unity.
At Vicksburg, Confederate officer Pemberton offered Grant his surrender on July 3, with the terms of surrender completed the next day on Independence Day.
Also on July 3 Union forces defeated General Lee's Confederate forces in Pennsylvania at Gettysburg.
And on July 4 this year, let us also never forget the great risks that English Americans took when they declared their independence from Great Britain in 1776.
The American Revolution created a republic that brought to the world a government that was antithetical to governments in Europe at the time that relied on "divine right of monarchs."
The Union victory in the American Civil War determined that slavery would no longer exist in a republic democracy and had shown that like the Founding Fathers of the Revolution, Abraham Lincoln, and his numerous supporters, believed that freedom could only exist with strong unity.
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