We can speculate tonight about what was in the minds of those 55 convention delegates when they settled upon our great Constitution but there is one fact which Is beyond repudiationit iE that no nation has enjoyed the freedoms that have been ours in the last two hundred years. Thirty years ago the Congress of the United States designated this day as "Citizenship Day." Its function is to dignify and emphasize the significance of citizenship. On this day of annual renewal. it seems to me that it Is an appropriate time for us. native and naturalized citizens alike. to pause and reflect upon the concern of our Founding Fathers. expressed in the preamble to our Constitution. "To secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity" because it has been our good fortune to see the realization of that purpose to the very present. The liberties we enjoy have not come at a small price. They were preceded by a long revolutionary war.
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