RED, WHITE & BLUE

You...were called to be FREE. But do not use your FREEDOM to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love. ~Galatians 5:13

(Homeschool Co-Op, 2007)

LIBERTY, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. ~George Washington

(This little big baby is now 14 years old and celebrating our nation's birthday today, July 4th, 2010, in our country's capital.  I'm jealous!)

LIBERTY means responsibility.  That is why most men dread it.  ~George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, "Maxims: Liberty and Equality," 1905

(Super Hero, 2005)

This nation will remain the land of the FREE only so long as it is the home of the brave.  ~Elmer Davis

(Inner Sunset, 2009)

The winds that blow through the wide sky in these mounts, the winds that sweep from Canada to Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic - have always blown on FREE men.  ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

(Coast Guard Homeschool Field trip with new Bay Bridge being built, 2009)

FREEDOM...it isn’t really free!  ~Diego @ 7

 (Cribviews, 2001)

But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives FREEDOM, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does. ~James 1:25

 (Morning routine at the Murphy's home, O.C., 2008)

These are times that try men's souls...

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. 

It is dearness only that gives everything its value. 
~by Thomas Paine, read to the American Patriots by George Washington before crossing the Delaware River

(Crossing the Delaware, illustrated by my then homeschooled 10 year old, 2008)

My patriotic heart beats RED, WHITE, and BLUE.  ~Author Unknown

(Kids Camp, 2008)

Live as FREE men, but do not use your FREEDOM as a cover-up for evil; live as servants of God. ~I Peter 2:16

(Golden Gate Bridge, 2004)

And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. ~Leviticus 25:10 (inscribed on the Liberty Bell)

(Philadelphia, PA, July 3, 2010, taken by DRLeong)

If you find faults with our country, make it a better one. If you're disappointed with the mistakes of government, join its ranks and work to correct them. Enlist in our armed forces. Become a teacher. Enter the ministry. Run for public office. Feed a hungry child. Teach an illiterate adult to read. Comfort the afflicted. Defend the rights of the oppressed. Our country will be the better, and you will be the happier. Because nothing brings greater happiness in life than to serve a cause greater than yourself. ~John McCain

HAPPY 234th BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!