President Obama concluded his inaugural address yesterday by reminding the nation that it is our values that will make it possible for us to overcome adversity and regain a position of true leadership in the world.
So let us mark this day with remembrance, of who
we are and how far we have traveled. In the year of America's birth, in
the coldest of months, a small band of patriots huddled by dying
campfires on the shores of an icy river. The capital was abandoned. The
enemy was advancing. The snow was stained with blood. At a moment when
the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our
nation ordered these words be read to the people:
"Let it be told to the future world…that in
the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could
survive…that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger,
came forth to meet [it]."
America. In the face of our common dangers, in
this winter of our hardship, let us remember these timeless words. With
hope and virtue, let us brave once more the icy currents, and endure
what storms may come. Let it be said by our children's children that
when we were tested we refused to let this journey end, that we did not
turn back nor did we falter; and with eyes fixed on the horizon and
God's grace upon us, we carried forth that great gift of freedom and
delivered it safely to future generations.
Let us prayerfully consider the wisdom in this message and resolve to help one another take it to heart!
Ron+
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