I was thinking about our Independence Day today, and was considering greeting people with a ‘Happy Independence from Great Britain Day’.

I’ve thought today the Catholic Mission San Antonio de Valero, now commonly known as ‘The Alamo’. Where Texians gave their lives for Independence from Mexico. Texas would gain it’s Independence, only to relinquish it’s independence (as well as land that included New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, etc) ten years later to the United States which offered to pay the new government’s incredible debt.

Ultimately our independence has given us the freedom to give up as much of our freedom as we choose.