WITH A PRICE. REMEMBER GEORGE WASHINGTON AND VALLEY FORGE WHERE 11,000 SOLDIERS SUFFERED IN THE AGONY OF A HARSH WINTER DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR IN 1777 AND EARLY 1778.
MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM, BUT OUR COINS REMIND US THE AMERICA WON VICTORY WITH GOD'S HELP. LOOK AT A QUARTER. IT SAYS, "IN GOD WE TRUST."
VICTORY HAS LONG BEEN CELEBRATED. IN ANTIQUITY, ROMAN GENERALS ROLLED INTO ROME IN GOLDEN CHARIOTS AS SOLDIERS, WITH THEIR SHIELDS AND SPEARS, MARCHED WITH THE SPOILS OF WAR. TODAY OLYMPIC HEROES AND WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS EXPERIENCE TICKER-TAPE PARADES OF VICTORY. NEXT MONTH THE ELITE BICYCLING COMPETITION CALLED THE TOUR DE FRANCE BEGINS. ATHLETES WILL STRIVE FOR THE FAMED YELLOW JERSEY AND A RIDE DOWN THE CHAMPS-ELYSEES IN PARIS. THE RIDE CULMINATES IN A CELEBRATION OF VICTORY FOR THE WINNER.
THIS WEEK WE CELEBRATE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. WE GIVE THANKS FOR OUR NATION, FOR FREEDOM PURCHASED, FOR A RICH HERITAGE, AND FOR VICTORY. YET WE KNOW THE VICTORY FOR NATIONS AND PERSONS IS NOT ACHIEVED APART FROM CHRIST. "BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD"
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