FOURTH-OF-JULY-Celebration,-2023,-Diane-King
Celebrating one's history should be a right for EVERY country. One country CANNOT.
THE FOURTH OF JULY - July 1999 (Part 1), Diane King
The Fourth of July - a time in the United States to set off numerous firecrackers and fireworks in celebration of our Independence (at least in l776)? A time to sing the songs: America the Beautiful, God Bless America, Grand Old Flag, Yankee Doodle, Dixie, etc? What would our national celebrations, our lives be without these added delights? Our nation was birthed in violence and struggled valiantly to survive. We did more than survive, the history of our nation is one of growth and prosperity producing the wealthiest and most powerful and most blessed nation on earth - "the land of the free, home of the brave" (at least that is our heritage).
With pride, every child is taught of America's beginnings, the fight for freedom from an oppressive regime and how it won and the struggle to maintain liberty and unity. They are taught to respect the flag, how to pledge allegiance, and there is a protocol for caring for the flag.
On certain holidays, military parades are visited, admired, and the soldiers applauded as they march down various streets across the country. You see the love of country, the pride and appreciation for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country. It is a sentimental time which builds strength in the national soul. This is reinforced by the memorials - the Viet Nam Memorial, though long overdue is of great comfort to the bereaved (were you in Vietnam?) I have a second cousin whose name is on that wall. And eventually there will be a D-Day Memorial (though I am somewhat ambivalent about this prospect).
And the U.S. isn't the only nation which enjoys the reaffirmation of their National Spirit by celebrating their nation's holidays, remembering events of the past with festivities, parades, signs, banners, flags, music, memorials, and portraits. Others such as Canada whose citizenry just celebrated Dominion Day this weekend, enjoyed their holiday. But there is one nation which is prohibited from enjoying what every other nation enjoys. In fact, it is against the law for them to do so, should they choose to celebrate it in the fashion that we all enjoy and take for granted.
GERMANY has no such national holidays marking historic events. There is no Chancellor's Day to remember the birthdays of former Chancellors. Or a day for remembering the Kaiser or any other of the royalty. There are no parades, no flags or banners. Men in military uniforms do not march before an adoring and appreciative citizenry which line the streets. There is no Veteran's Day or Memorial Day or memorials to remember those who fought on behalf of the Fatherland. There is no Veteran's Wall to touch the names of those who have fallen, no D-Day Memorial of those defending the shores of the Fatherland. And except for the National Anthem there are no songs reminiscent - no reminder of the years Germany ruled Europe. Well, that's understandable you say, they don't deserve it (?) When Germans did such things, they nearly conquered Europe.
And that's supposed to be a bad thing. But if that's the criteria for denying a people their national identity, then the Russians should not be allowed to express their communist sentiments or memories on May l with the huge banners of Lenin and Stalin and the Communist Flag (and that awful anthem that I can't get out of my head) as they march in mass down various Russian streets in remembrance and celebration of the most vicious and barbaric system known to the history of man (so far), nor Red China nor even those who might be considered renegade nations ... or used to.
Why the inequity? Why the oppression against one peoples and preference for another? (The victors write the history books. They also determine international agendas). I can tell you why, but I'll have to do it in another letter (and I'm not finished yet).
You have probably observed how the “left” attempts to associate - at every opportunity - the "right" with the Nazis. That's supposed to be insulting and degrading, to demonize the motives and actions of conservative people who oppose the liberal left in and out of political office. WELL, I OPPOSE THEM! They are vicious, malicious, and dangerous. And had the framers of the constitution been forced to live under them, you'd have heard a strong call to abolish the government that is run by them - to scrap it and start over, as is provided for by the Constitution. [...]
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