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Independence Day

Touring Southeast Alabama farms with AG Chairman Conaway

With Congress recently out of session for the Independence Day district work period, I took the opportunity to travel throughout Alabama’s Second District to share an update from Washington and hear directly from the people I represent. I spent time in Clayton, Eufaula, Andalusia, Montgomery, Troy, Slocomb, and Brundidge, just to name a few. Throughout … Continued
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July 9, 2018
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An Independence Day wish

A friend asked her Facebook followers this question on Independence Day: “On this beautiful 4th of July, I am just wondering what freedom means to you?” It’s a great question, and one well worth thinking about. One person wrote: “The right to think for myself is one thing.” Another quoted Nelson Mandela: “For to be … Continued
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July 4, 2018

Today is the Fourth of July

Today is the day that Americans remember its founding and the men who sacrificed on the battlefields of Concord, Lexington, Bunker Hill, Quebec, Charleston, Trenton, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Kings Mountain, Cowpens, Guilford Court House, Yorktown, and countless more to win our nation’s independence from Great Britain. An estimated 25,000 Americans were killed in the Revolutionary … Continued
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July 4, 2018
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Inside the Statehouse: 4th of July / Trump and Big Jim

Otto Whittaker wrote the following essay, “I Am the Nation” in 1955 as a public relations advertisement for the Norfolk and Western Railway. The message found in Mr. Whittaker’s essay is still appropriate for this Independence Day, so I have chosen to include it below as part of my weekly column. “I was born on July … Continued
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July 4, 2018

How did we get here? I’ll tell you.

By Joey Kennedy Alabama Political Reporter Listening to the fireworks go off around me Tuesday, I found myself contemplating what the Fourth of July, or Independence Day, really means. And this Independence Day, I couldn’t help wondering how we’d gotten here. How did we end up with a cold, despicable, bully-hearted President? How did we … Continued
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July 5, 2017
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Independence Day, 241 years ago


By Jim Zeigler,Alabama State Auditor, and Pat Boone, Entertainer 
Many of us Alabamians are enjoying a long Independence Day holiday. For State employees and others who are off work Monday, it is a four-day weekend. 
My family, like many of yours, will enjoy barbecue, the lake (or beach), fireworks, and the gathering of family and … Continued
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July 4, 2017
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Declare a Revolution on Independence Day for Alabama

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter Even as we celebrate our Republic’s Independence Day, it is evident that our State is in a moral crisis. Gov. Robert Bentley is running roughshod over the Constitution, the former Speaker of the House, Mike Hubbard, has been found guilty of 12 felony ethics violations and the State’s Chief … Continued
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July 4, 2016
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Happy Independence Day, from a curmudgeon

By Bill Britt Alabama Political Reporter The 4th of July is always a great day to reflect, rejoice and reconsider anew the United States of America. It is the day we commemorate the founding of our great nation. A great, wonderful and crazy place that is home. Our nation is many things, the world’s longest … Continued
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July 4, 2012