July 4th - Is "Let Freedom Ring", Still True?

The 4^th of July, also known as Independence Day, is a federal holiday that celebrates America’s independence from the British Empire.

It’s been almost 250 years.

Independence Day has morphed into a more general display of patriotism, pride, and gatherings of food and fun.

The History of The 4th of July

July 4th is the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress, a governing body that was comprised of delegates from the then 13 American colonies.

The Declaration of Independence was declared a month after Virginia’s Delegate Richard Henry Lee first proposed the colonies seek freedom, and become their own free country.

The Declaration of Independence was mostly written by Thomas Jefferson. There were four other authors: Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Robert Livingston.

John Hancock was the 1st person to sign the Declaration of Independence. Mr. Hancock got to sign first as he was the President of The Congress at that time. Thus, signing your own “John Hancock” has become a term for placing your name on a document.

The Declaration was dated July 4th. However, congress actually voted for independence from Great Britain two days prior, on July 2, 1776. And, the Declaration wasn’t fully signed until a month later, on August 2, 1776.

John Adams wrote a letter to his wife that celebrations of Independence Day should be memorable throughout American history. Adams thus suggested that a day in memoriam should ideally be celebrated with parades, bonfires, and fireworks, which, in those days, meant cannons and guns. Due to safety concerns, fireworks eventually replaced cannons and guns. Though, fireworks today raise similar safety issues.

Independence Day celebrations especially grew in popularity after the War of 1812. July 4th was finally and officially designated a federal holiday in 1870. In 1941, the 4th of July was promoted to a paid federal holiday.

Here we are in 2023.

We are still independent.

Or… are we?

These last three years make us wonder that even though we are not under British rule, or any other country’s rule, how much are we under “Pharmaceutical Rule”?

Being a democracy, we must always be on the lookout to maintain our freedoms. Freedom is never totally free.

One way to keep safer and freer is to keep thinking. To not have others think for us. To not be fooled by media who are paid by bosses, paid by big pharma. To not be fooled by those more interested in maximizing profits, than in maximizing humanity.

We must always stay aware.

Knowledge of “all’ sides helps us stay aware and agile and free.

Let freedom ring.

Dr. B.

What do you think about our freedoms? Of speech, medical decisions, open debate, what’s taught in schools, what’s allowed in medical practices, what’s discussed and written about in public, etc.

We must stay vigilant and aware - as many are trying to take many of our basic freedoms away.

Why do many socialized countries now offer hormone therapies for free to their aging citizens, rather than have them be more at risk of tragic illnesses that cost the countries more money and humans more lost time with their loved ones?

Why in the U.S. are we mandating more and more vaccines in younger and younger kids when we don’t look for the root cause of an illness? Instead, we try to vaccinate it or drug it away.

Why is only one way to practice medicine, the only way?

Be careful when choices are being taken away.

When we are choking from regulatory actions especially designed to keep us safer and safer in smaller and smaller boxes.

We must keep thinking.

Health is a freedom right.

Stay awake.

Raise aware and healthy children.

Help keep our freedoms free!