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As I sit here thinking about what to write, knowing that one of the most important holidays in our country will happen tomorrow, Independence Day (yesterday as you read this), I am reminded of the wonderful song “America the Beautiful.”

I am in Colorado Springs, Colorado, right now and have the ability to look up and see the majestic mountain called Pike’s Peak. I had the privilege of living just seven miles away from this beautiful mountain during high school while attending Woodland Park High School. When I learned as a teenager that “America the Beautiful” was inspired because of the views...