THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, July 12, 1994 TAG: 9407120003
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 27 lines
It was excellent of you to publish the Declaration of Independence on July 4. To some of us (in the minority, I feel) it was a reminder to appreciate and be grateful for living in the United States - to be grateful for those men who ``pledged their Lives, their Fortunes, and their Sacred Honor,'' that we have freedom. It is a reminder also to acknowledge and be grateful for the ones in past and present conflicts who gave of themselves to preserve what we've gotten.
Having been in business many years, I can say that the 4th of July (and other holidays) are not days to ``rake it all in,'' or to ``go and get 'em 'cause this day will be over fast,'' as businesses are doing now, with not a thought given to God, country or freedom.
We've fallen a long way as a people.
FRED ROMANSIK
Virginia Beach, July 4, 1994 by CNB