John Phillip Sousa- "Stars and Stripes Forever"

"A Republic, if you can keep it"

Note: Today is the 4th of July and Independence Day holiday here in the U.S. I post this every year, hoping it’ll become a tradition, and it is routinely among the worst performing articles I write. But I think it’s message is one of the most important I share—doubly so this year and in this charged political climate—and besides; I’m stubborn.

So here w…