Do You Hear the People Sing?

“Do you hear the people sing,
Singing the song of angry men?

It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again.
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums,
There is a life about to start

When tomorrow comes!"

December 16, 1773
Colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of English tea in to Boston Harbor.







April 19, 1775
Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord.







July 4, 1776
Colonists declare their independence from the British Empire.



Friends, this is who we come from. This is the stuff we’re made of…This is who we are.

We’re fighters , & we have an exquisite sense of fairness & justice. When we believe that sensibility has been trampled, we’re not afraid to stand up against those who’ve perpetrated the offense (April 15th, 2009).




July 21, 1969
We can do things others have said we can't...





July 3, 2004

or shouldn't...

WE ARE AMERICANS.

If we know who we are, we need to remember it now...

For SO many reasons, we need our heroes. We need US.

Can you hear it? Can you be it?

Do you hear the people sing?

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