THEY ALL DESERVE OUR THANKS!!

TODAY WOULD HAVE BEEN DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING'S EIGHTY FIRST  BIRTHDAY. I REMEMBER HEARING FIRST HAND HIS "I HAVE A DREAM" AND HIS "FREE AT LAST, THANK GOD WE'RE FREE AT LAST!!" SPEECH. (I WAS JUST A KID THEN!), AND I STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS ASSASSINATED BY JAMES EARL RAY.  AMERICA CELEBRATES HIS LIFE TODAY AND ALL DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY. SCHOOL CHILDREN ALL OVER AMERICA ARE LEARNING TO RECITE HIS WORDS. THEY ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY OFF FROM SCHOOL. I ENCOUNTERED SEVERAL THIS MORNING WHILE HAVING BREAKFAST. I'M NOT SURE MANY OF THEM WERE AWARE OF WHY THEY HAD THE DAY OFF EVEN THOUGH NOW DAYS TEACHERS SEEM TO NEVER FORGET TO MAKE SURE THEY EMPHASIZE IT. BUT AFTER ALL, IT IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR AMERICAN HISTORY.
 I WATCHED THE CHURCH SERVICES IN HIS HONOR ON TELEVISION BOTH YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING AND EVEN HEARD PRESIDENT OBAMA PREACHING TO THE CONGREGATION DOWN IN THE MARTIN LUTHER KING BAPTIST CHURCH AND TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUSH HIS HEALTH CARE REFORM TO A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE. HE TALKED ABOUT GOD, AND FAITH, AND WHAT KEEPS HIM CALM, SEEMINGLY HYPOCRITICAL TO ME, CONSIDERING HE PROCLAIMED TO THE WORLD THAT "WE ARE NO LONGER A CHRISTIAN NATION." FUNNY HOW THE CHURCH HE WAS IN HOUSE SOME OF THE MOST DEVOUT CHRISTIAN'S YOU WILL EVER MEET!
NEXT MONTH, THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, USED TO BE DEDICATED AS "PRESIDENT'S MONTH" IN HONOR OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, CONSIDERED THE FATHER OF OUR COUNTRY, AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WHEN I WAS IN SCHOOL, (YES, I KNOW IT WAS DURING THE CAVEMAN DAYS!), WE LEARNED ALL ABOUT THE FOUNDING FATHERS, THE CONSTITUTION, THE BILL OF RIGHTS, AND WE COULD RECITE THE "GETTYSBURG ADDRESS." BUT NOW FEBRUARY IS "BLACK HISTORY MONTH." SO I GUESS NOBODY WILL BE ATTENDING CHURCH SERVICES IN HONOR OF PRESIDENT WASHINGTON OR PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAYS. PRESIDENT OBAMA WON'T BE PREACHING A "SERMON" AND REENACTING GEORGE WASHINGTON'S CHOPPING DOWN THE CHERRY TREE.(I DON'T KNOW WHY. AFTER ALL HE "CANNOT TELL A LIE!") NO, IT WILL BE JUST ANOTHER TWO DAY HOLIDAY AND A DAY FOR RETAILERS TO HAVE ANOTHER WEEKEND SALE.
PLEASE DO NOT GET ME WRONG! DR.KING PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN OUR AMERICAN HISTORY AND HE SHOULD RIGHTFULLY BE HONORED. THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WOULD HAVE POSSIBLY NEVER HAPPENED WITHOUT HIS INCREDIBLE TENACITY TO BRING ABOUT CHANGE IN PEOPLE'S MINDS, THE WAY RACISM IS WRONG (EVEN THOUGH IT STILL REARS ITS UGLY HEAD AT TIMES), AND THE EQUALITY HE FOUGHT SO HARD FOR. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BRING BACK AMERICAN HISTORY AND U.S CIVICS SO THAT THE GENERATION GETTING READY TO TAKE OVER CAN REMEMBER WHERE WE CAME FROM AND HOW WE GOT HERE. GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN NEED RESPECT TOO!
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 LET'S START A REFERENDUM TO BRING BACK ALL AMERICAN HISTORY!! IN FEBRUARY WE SHOULD ONCE AGAIN PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR PRESIDENTS AND MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN BEGIN TO KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY THAT THEY HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING BORN INTO!