The great John Adams in a letter to his wife on July 3, 1776:
“I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.
You will think me transported with Enthusiasm but I am not. -- I am well aware of the Toil and Blood and Treasure, that it will cost Us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. -- Yet through all the Gloom I can see the Rays of ravishing Light and Glory. I can see that the End is more than worth all the Means. And that Posterity will tryumph in that Days Transaction, even altho We should rue it, which I trust in God We shall not.”
Adams “rays of ravishing light and glory” continue 250 years later. What a blessing
America turns 250 today.
Let me read back the resume.
We started by telling a king to pound sand, in writing.
By 1803 we bought half a continent from France for about four cents an acre.
We fought a war with ourselves and somehow stayed one country.
We strung a railroad across the entire thing.
We handed the world the lightbulb, the telephone, and the airplane in about thirty years flat.
Then a man named Willis Carrier invented air conditioning and made half the planet actually livable.
You are welcome, Texas. You are welcome, Dubai.
Twice the whole world caught fire, and twice we showed up and helped put it out.
We split the atom.
We put men on the moon in 1969.
Then we went back and hit golf balls up there, because why not.
We invented jazz, blues, rock and roll, and hip-hop, and the whole planet is still dancing to it.
We put a burger and fries on every corner of the earth.
We built rockets that fly themselves home and land standing straight up.
We flew a helicopter on Mars.
We launched a car into actual space and it is still out there cruising.
We also invented ranch dressing and somehow talked the entire world into putting it on pizza.
Priorities.
We even invented three of our own sports so we could win them.
Baseball, basketball, and football.
Real football, the kind with hands, because we named it and we are not taking corrections.
The rest of the planet can keep soccer, which is fine, we are hosting it in our backyard this summer anyway.
And yes, Canadian football exists, wider field, extra man, one fewer down, and we try very hard not to think about it.
Frankly it was generous of us to invent our own games.
If we put all that energy into soccer, nobody else would ever lift that trophy again.
We would win it so often they would just rename it the America’s Cup and hand us the keys.
You are welcome for the suspense.
And in 2026 we threw a birthday so big a German tourist live-tweeted our gas stations to 750,000 people.
Not every chapter was clean.
We argued, we stumbled, we fixed what we broke, and we kept building.
That is the whole trick.
Two hundred and fifty years in, and we are still the loudest, brightest, most improbable experiment on the map.
Not bad for a country that started as a strongly worded letter to a king.
Happy birthday, America.
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I’ll never get over the blessing of being born and raised in America, especially as a woman and a person of faith. It took courage to launch this experiment. It takes dedication to defend and expand freedom. Liberty requires effort. Never forget that brave men signed their death warrant when they put their names on the Declaration of Independence. The astonishing privileges we enjoy today were never - not once - a guarantee. People sacrificed everything. Do your part to make a more perfect union in every way you can. We owe that to patriots who took the risk. 🇺🇸
Kavanaugh is telling Congress they can pass a bill to fix birthright citizenship and it wouldn't violate the 14th Amendment
Just add this to the SAVE Act and pass it all
Dear England, We just wanted to make you aware; We have officially adopted the Scots. They are family now. We will be in touch to negotiate your visitation rights.
Signed, The Americans.
🦅🇺🇸💪🏴🫶 #Scotland#America🇺🇸
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@FreddyLA7 It is so much fun to follow your journey and see our beautiful Republic through your eyes!! Can’t wait to see how you feel about my home state, the great state of Texas!!!
Join us in honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice. 🇺🇸
Tune in to the National Memorial Day Concert tonight at 8 p.m. ET on YouTube and join the nation in remembering and paying tribute to our fallen heroes. @MemorialDayPBS
🚨Tulsi Gabbard’s VIRAL Rededicate 250 Speech🚨
“Two hundred and fifty years ago today — May 17, 1776 — the Second Continental Congress didn’t call for parades or politics.
They called for humiliation, fasting, and prayer.
They humbled themselves before God and begged for mercy on this newborn nation.
Exactly 250 years later, we’re not stronger than they were — we’re weaker in spirit.
So today, we do the same.
We shut out the noise.
We turn off the screens.
We drop to our knees.
We fast. We pray. We repent.
We humbly ask the God of our founders to have mercy on America once again — not for the next election, not for the next four years, but for the next 250 years of this republic.
If we want to stay one nation under God, we must first become one people humbled before God.
This is our moment of rededication.
Let it begin now.
God bless you.
God bless America.
And may God save this Republic.”
Posted by Tulsi Gabbard 🔥
Share if you’re ready to rededicate. #Rededicate250 #America250 #OneNationUnderGod
Lynne Patton posted this on Instagram and it just breaks my heart. 💔 She is a long time friend of the Trump family. She is also Trump’s Senior Advisor.
At the end it says… Never Forget-
Trump is a father. Trump is a husband. Trump is a brother. Trump is a grandfather. Then… And only then… Trump is your President.
Hard times create strong men.
Watching Pete Hegseth rise to stand while everyone else cowered, shielding his wife and ready to jump to action & Stephen Miller immediately wrap himself around his pregnant wife provides the clearest possible picture for our culture why masculinity matters.
More of this, young men.