What a contrast.....
Given that it's the 80th anniversary of VE Day, I took the time to listen to Churchill's and Truman's radio addresses announcing the surrender of Germany.
I was struck by several things listening to Truman -
This was a time when the President of the United States spoke of the sacrifice of others.
When he acknowledged the value of allies.
When he honored his predecessors.
When he didn't just keep referring to his own greatness.
When he agreed that we're all in this together.
When he called out tyranny and fascism as enemies.
And when he spoke coherent English.
May we all rise to the level of those who defeated Nazi Germany and the America, however imperfect, that existed then.
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Most people I know today seriously failed to study history and still don't understand the references that I make to the past and why it's so important today .
For our Constitutional republic, and to honor all those who sacrificed so much to preserve it.
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