No fireworks photo this year, no sparklers, no picnic. We get the basics of celebration. We see in this simple photo symbols of faith, work, sacrifice - without which there would be no America. We see ideals embodied by those who strived to live in freedom and self-reliance. We see in the community Church, generosity and grace and open arms - hallmarks of America. We see in the tiny flags fluttering over some of the graves service to the last devotion. America is worth preserving, worth the hard work and sacrifice and worth holding tight to a Constitution that emerged from the Declaration of Independence we celebrate today that allows all of us to strive for a “more perfect union,” if I may borrow words from Abraham Lincoln. God Bless.