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FROM THE MAYOR’S DESK:

“ Independence day “July 4^th, 1776”

The majority of people in the United States celebrate the 4^th of July, but a lot of them do not know exactly why the holiday is so important to our country?  Imagine how you would feel if someone kept telling you what to do all of the time and kept taking more and more of your money.  Great Britain kept trying to make the colonists follow more rules and pay higher taxes. People started getting mad and began making plans to be able to make their own rules. The Congress met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and they appointed a committee to write a formal document that would tell Great Britain that the Americans had decided to govern themselves.  The committee asked Thomas Jefferson to write a draft copy (first try) of the document, so he worked for days, in absolute secret, until he had written a document that he thought said everything important that the committee had discussed.

n July 4^th, 1776, we claimed our independence from Britain and Democracy was born.  Every day thousands leave their homeland to come to the “Land of the free and home of the brave” so they can begin their American Dream.  We are blessed in this great country, because of the sacrifices of so many great AMERICANS. Many have given all so that we could have so much.

 Let us take but a moment and remember how truly great “OUR AMERICA” really is.  So as you celebrate this holiday season with barbecues, picnics and family gatherings, let us give thanks for our beloved “AMERICA”.  “GOD BLESS AMERICA”

May you have a happy and safe 4^th of July.

SHERMAN TINNELL

MAYOR, CITY OF SHEPHERDSVILLE