“AMERICANS ARE UNITED!”
Series 1: BUILDERS OF THE HOMELAND!
Part 2: “We The People Can and Will Work Together to Build a More Perfect Union”
AGN LIFE: April 7, 2021
The Founding Fathers of the United States of America knew it was going to be a real challenge to create a “more perfect union” from a micro beginning.
They knew it would take a lot of work over many, many years or even centuries of time plus a continuous work in progress to reach that original goal.
“We the people of the United States can and will work together to build a more perfect union.” This was a message that ran like thread across the fabric of America as builders of the homeland toiled and worked everyday.
Now, after more than 225 years of migration and immigration, America and Americans continues to find ways to come together to solve problems. Being a country where free speech is guaranteed in the United States Constitution allows for free expression, support for family heritage, customs, traditions, and community. Occupations and education may vary by people and places, but love of country, community, and family is an undisputed fact. Universally, while working together is a core principle of all Americans some gaps remain to narrow.
Who are Americans
Americans are a very diverse people from all quarters of the world. From Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America they came as families, children, laborers, craftsmen, mothers, fathers, business owners, clergy, priests, athletes, domestic workers, farmers, artists, gardeners. and many more.
From Ireland they came. From Africa they came. From the Amazon jungles they came. From Brazil they came. From South Africa they came. From Palestine they came. From the Pacific Islands they came. From the jungles of Africa they came. From Mexico they came. From Canada they came.
While America welcomed these new arrivals and immigrants, it has had to come to celebrate the life and culture of natives who lived here for thousands of years. These Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the lands that would become the United States of America.
A close look at America reveals a population from virtually every country in the world. Many came voluntarily while others were forced to come. Once here, the reason became of little or no significance. What mattered was becoming a citizen of the United States and defending it in deed and practice.
Many joined the military to defend it against its enemies. Many used their skills to build sky scrapers like the Mohawk ironworkers in New York who help build the Empire State Building. Many came to build railroads across America. Many operated laundries to keep dusty and dirty garments clean. Many came to pick fruits and vegetables for our tables. Many picked cotton that made cloth. Many came to build our furniture, hotels, homes, stores, malls and infrastructure like roads and bridges.
These immigrants stood up for America and did everything they could, with hardships a plenty, to be included in the lists of … builders of the homeland, namely America!
One of the joys of most people in America is the understanding that Americans are stronger when we work together. That’s why when we look at the disease of intolerance, we see it as a sickness that hurts the persecutor as badly as the persecuted. Like a stone thrown in still waters, it creates a ripple that goes on and on across those otherwise still waters. Intolerance devalues the currency of unity.
Since Americans are united, regardless of where or why they came … there is an inescapable fact according to one historian … “We the people of the United States can and will work together to build a more perfect union.”
“AMERICANS ARE UNITED!”
Series 1: BUILDERS OF THE HOMELAND!
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