Editorial by Ed E. Saunders | AZ Mirror
How about I start with something different — a geography lesson.
If I were to put a globe of the planet earth in front of you, with all the countries of the world printed on that globe, within 10 seconds, could you put your finger on the countries of Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Vietnam, Korea? How about France or Okinawa, Japan?
America’s finest in military uniform have fought and died in those countries for the preservation of freedom; I don’t think it’s asking that much that Americans at least know where those countries are—do you?
We stand today on the good earth, the earth we all share. We are truly blessed in the Big Sky country, aren’t we: Vast skies, beautiful mountains and prairies, sunshine, fresh air filling our lungs, wonderful starlit evenings, the quiet, and above all—freedom. Freedom, like the big sky, is a beautiful thing, isn’t it? Freedom to live, to walk, to think, to sing, to vote, to pray or not to pray, and freedom to choose.
Beginning at Lexington Green in Massachusetts, April 1775, 77 armed men, Americans all, stood resolutely against the greatest military power of that day, the British army. These 77 American men were the first military force in the history of mankind to fight not for a prize, not for land, not for power. No, they fought for an idea; they fought for freedom. They fought and died for a cause brought forth not solely from the hand of man, but a cause truly from the mind and greater purpose of a higher spiritual authority.
