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I hope you and your family will have a great holiday this weekend. We can all use some much-needed family time and a great BBQ. Monday night, I hope all your fireworks go off and are loud and bright.

Usually, after a great meal and a day full of family time, we enjoy watching Alva’s firework show. All the celebrations drift to the background as I reflect on our nation. I am very grateful that I was born in this country. The freedoms I enjoy were born from a group of godly men who desired a free country. They paid a tremendous price so we could have this country. In fact, the cost of freedom ha...