President Donald Trump wrote an address to the nation published in the New York Post on Saturday.
“On this wonderful occasion of the 250th birthday of the United States of America, we celebrate our history, our heroes, our flag, our freedom, our unyielding spirit, and the promise of even more greatness that lies ahead,” Trump wrote in the Post.
“We share a tradition of winning. This is what makes our country unique. We are winners.”
“This is what it means to be an American. And we knew how to win right from the start.”
“On the morning of April 19, 1775, hundreds of British soldiers in their bright red coats marched out of Boston to put down the colonial rebellion and arrest the rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock.”
“The British moved in tight, disciplined columns, shoulder to shoulder, with drums beating and flags flying, just as they had been trained to do so well.”
“But along their 20-mile route were hundreds of farmers, blacksmiths, and shopkeepers, ordinary men with rifles who fired on their oppressors from behind stone walls and trees, before melting back into the countryside”
“The soldiers’ red coats made perfect targets. Their strict discipline and perfect formation became a death sentence against the unyielding spirit of resourceful and determined men defending their liberty.”
“The Battles of Lexington and Concord marked the beginning of the American Revolutionary War and the dawn of the first light of American freedom that forever stands as a beacon of hope to the world,” Trump wrote.
The president’s piece continues recounting U.S. history through the Civil War and up to the current day.
“We are one family and one nation. We salute the same beautiful flag. We share the same glorious freedoms. And whenever our way of life has been threatened, we have responded,” he finished.