Rebels and Revolutionaries

Today July 4th, 2012, we celebrate the birth
date of a unique nation and a unique people. Two hundred and thirty six years
ago fifty-six men with an “iron pen” and on the authority of the good people of
the colonies, signed the Declaration of Independence, mutually pledging to each
other their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honour, thus, creating a
nation whose very name is synonymous with ideas of freedom, liberty, and
justice.

With the strength and resolve with which the
Declaration was written these men forged a new nation and a new people noted
for its rugged individualism and inventive spirit when confronted with the
challenges of necessity in the face of a new frontier.

We are a nation whose structure of governance stands
as the very hallmark of innovation in the very way a free people chooses to
conduct their lives. Our nation and its freedoms is the cauldron from which a new
and independent inventive spirit emerged. We are a people who never shied away
from a challenge.

We are a nation of rebels and revolutionaries on the
forefront of science and invention. We are a nation that gave the world the
light bulb, ...