I’ve been thinking about America a lot lately. It might be because we’re celebrating 250 years as a nation. It might be because we seem to be screaming at each other more than we are listening. Doesn’t really matter. Either way, I keep coming back to the same thought. How often do we stop and consider what it really took to build this country? I’m not talking about dollars. I’m not talking about politics. I’m talking about people. Every freedom that we enjoy today came at a c

July 4th marks a monumental point in history for the United States: Our 250th birthday. Unfortunately, when we discuss the price paid for the freedom we enjoy, the axiom is true: out of sight, out of mind. To all generations alive today, we have to ask the following question. Do you know what the men who fought in the Revolutionary War and who signed the Declaration of Independence were actually risking? Not their reputations. Not their careers. Not friendships. The