July the Fourth 2018

Think you are too young to make a difference?

Ages of the Founding Fathers on July 4, 1776:
James Monroe, 18
Aaron Burr, 20
Alexander Hamilton, 21
James Madison, 25
Thomas Jefferson, 33
John Adams, 40
Paul Revere, 41
George Washington, 44

Consider:

• “The U.S. had more job openings this spring than unemployed Americans.” (Wall Street Journal)
• We travel freely: Every day, 2.5 million of us board 42,000 flights.
• 25% of us do volunteer service.
• The U.S. government spends close to $50 billion helping the world, plus billions more from U.S.-based philanthropies.
• “Violent crime in the U.S. has fallen sharply over the past quarter century.” (Pew Research Center)
• “Crime in New York City Plunges to a Level Not Seen Since the 1950s.” (N.Y. Times)
•  Charitable giving in the U.S. last year “exceeded $400 billion in a single year for the first time.” (Giving USA)

There’s plenty we can do better, and that our leaders should do better. But today gather together with your neighbors, eat a few hot dogs, and toast the courage of a bunch of kids who dared to dream of freedom.

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About the author

Webb Hubbell is the former Associate Attorney General of The United States. His novels, When Men Betray, Ginger Snaps, A Game of Inches, The Eighteenth Green, and The East End are published by Beaufort Books and are available online or at your local bookstore. When Men Betray won one of the IndieFab awards for best novel in 2014. Ginger Snaps and The Eighteenth Green won the IPPY Awards Gold Medal for best suspense/thriller. His latest, “Light of Day” will be on the bookstands soon.