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Remember when we flew into Dulles International Airport and picked up a rental car. As we drove south on I95, we saw many signs directing tourists to historic sites of the revolutionary and civil wars. When we arrived at our motel, we quickly unpacked and drove to the gates of historic Williamsburg. It was situated across the street from William and Mary University, the oldest college in the US. The next day we stayed from opening to closing. The village was replicated circa 1776 to preserve a semblance of life and customs of Virginians in the eighteenth century. The documentary film revealed the reluctance of the colonists to break away from England. Their ancestors were English but each successive generation was feeling more independent and American. The freedom they desired would never be granted by a potentate 4500 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. The oppression of the crown at last brought rebellion and revolution. They were outmanned, underfunded, and devoid of a professional army or navy. When their demands for respect fell on deaf ears and brought stern reprimands, the colonists declared war and won their liberties in a long, hard fought war. Aren’t you grateful that, together, we could learn and discover the thoughts, struggles and depredations of past generations? Our discussions on that vacation, the eighteenth century attire, customs and life style we observed were enhanced in the sharing. The freedom of those eighteenth century Americans up to and through our present generation came at a great cost. Freedom is earned at great sacrifice. The initial cost of revolution involves bloodshed. Our savior shed his precious blood to buy our freedom from the flesh, lust and influence of satan. Christ said, “greater love than this has no man, that he would lay done his life for his friends.” he called us friends, but his resurrection and our acceptance of him as our personal savior makes Jesus our brother. We are both friend and family of the Most High God through his son Jesus Christ. You, Kochana, are my one true love who is also my best earthly friend and wife. The citizens of Colonial Williamsburg, desired equality (all men are created equal), and the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. Let’s thank our God, most high, for his love direction and blessings as our memories of Colonial Williamsburg, have added to our appreciation and understanding of the Unseen Hand of God in the freedom quest of our forefathers.

Free in our Savior and love, Kochany