Wise Men Say

Once, in the midst of battle and strife and affliction, a wise man tore his cloak and wrote upon it:

In Memory of our God, our religion, and freedom, and our peace, our wives and our children.

He then fastened that cloak upon a pole, this became a standard for his nation.

Image from Captain Moroni Raises the Title of Liberty via lds.org

Centuries- even millinia- later, fifty-five other wise men wrote these words on the Fourth of July, 1776:

And for support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.

345 days later, the United States of America adopted a flag.

Image by Tony the Misfit via flickr

Today, the Fourteenth of June, we celebrate this flag and all that it stands for. Though it has changed through the years, as more territories became states, it has been a symbol for the same things.

It is a symbol of our “Unalienable rights” of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness”.

Image by Bubbles by Steven.Moore via flickr

Proud To Be An AMERICAN

*Love, Sarah*

(Quotes from “Alma Chapter 46 verse 12″ in the Book of Mormon, and the Declaration of Independence)