We saluted our veterans this morning at the Veterans Memorial Ceremony at Aaron Bessant Park. While July 4th is celebrated with family and friends on the sandy beach, at backyard barbecues and by watching fireworks displays, let us pause and remember that we live in a great country. Our freedoms are many and they do not come free, but are paid for by the men and women who have served and continue to serve our great country. As we celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, may we never forget that we are the land of the free and the home of the brave. God bless America.