在自由的土地上生存, 天高得 英国国王遥远难见的美国移民,
自从乘着 Mayflower 号航船 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower in 1620 靠岸, 到
已经过去了一百四十多个年头了。
即使不能说脚跟完全占稳了, 但至少已经有了差不多达到独立的底气了, although "独立战争" 打得依然是艰苦卓绝, 荡气回肠。就算独立了以后, 武器装备精良, 训练相当有素的英军, 还又登陆来反扑了一会,
The Burning of Washington took place on August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 between the British Empire and the United States of America. British forces occupied Washington, D.C. and set fire to many public buildings following the American defeat at the Battle of Bladen*****urg. The facilities of the U.S. government, including the White House, were largely destroyed, though strict discipline and the British commander's orders to burn only public buildings are credited with preserving the city's private buildings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Washington
大概美国人一提起皇室, 王朝就头痛, 头大吧? Thomas Jefferson 本人就患有严重的偏头痛 Migraine headache,
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
所以字字句句都是反着 British Empire, 为求自由, 求解放而 来的。
前三位总统都是 founding fathers.
Like Jesus is the Son of God, but Decended on Earth as a Servant to Serve Mankind. these people's 公仆型的领袖们, 也是給了人民从天(宗教, 信仰), 到地(拥有, 占有土地)的完全自由。
所一美国总统从头就是一个人子加天子的, 为人民作服侍的, "儿皇帝" 角色。
到现在政府也还是上不能干涉信仰自由, 下不能对人们的business指手画脚。
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中国把旧王朝想赶也是难彻底赶走的, 只能靠内部更新, 消化, 改造, 甚至推翻旧统治了吧?
更难, 也是更重要的应当是承传和发扬自己民族,自己文化中的精髓和光明, 因为那是我们的礼物和根基 -- a free and precious gift from God between Heaven & Earth.
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