I agree with you on how “we live in a world where people measure their freedom in seconds”. I realized my guilt in measuring as I thought back on certain days in our history where I felt closer to our flag than the previous day. The day I wanted to make a difference for the sake of our country.
On September 11, 2000, our security blanket of Oceans was peeled back as we were attacked in our own land so free.
July 27, 1996, the bombing in Atlanta during the Centennial Olympics that killed one and injured 111 others, seemed to bring terrorism right to our back door.
I recalled the fear brought by August 2, 1990, the day Iraq invaded Kuwait beginning the Persian Gulf War.
January 16, 1991, Operation Desert Storm, brought that fear closer to my own home. My husband was sent to war to fight for a country that did not even recognize our Constitution. If they had our Constitution, would we have had to fight that fight?
Wonderful pieces of work … your post and our Constitution. Does the Constitution still work for us? I feel it does most definitely! If it did not work, I would not be able to name those dates in American history when I “measured my freedom in seconds” of fear.
I agree with you on how “we live in a world where people measure their freedom in seconds”. I realized my guilt in measuring as I thought back on certain days in our history where I felt closer to our flag than the previous day. The day I wanted to make a difference for the sake of our country.
On September 11, 2000, our security blanket of Oceans was peeled back as we were attacked in our own land so free.
July 27, 1996, the bombing in Atlanta during the Centennial Olympics that killed one and injured 111 others, seemed to bring terrorism right to our back door.
I recalled the fear brought by August 2, 1990, the day Iraq invaded Kuwait beginning the Persian Gulf War.
January 16, 1991, Operation Desert Storm, brought that fear closer to my own home. My husband was sent to war to fight for a country that did not even recognize our Constitution. If they had our Constitution, would we have had to fight that fight?
Wonderful pieces of work … your post and our Constitution. Does the Constitution still work for us? I feel it does most definitely! If it did not work, I would not be able to name those dates in American history when I “measured my freedom in seconds” of fear.