Connecticut State Tree: White Oak

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The white oak tree (Quercus alba) is one of the continent’s predominant native hardwood tree species appearing throughout Eastern North America’s forests.

While it will not disappoint as a design feature, oaks are among the most valuable native trees we can plant. The white oak provides a habitat and food for countless species of wildlife. The white oak is the best tree to plant to attract butterflies and it supports hundreds of species of caterpillars. If you want to support pollinators and attract birds, planting white oaks will ensure that will happen. Besides being important for the environment, the tree makes barrels and ages various spirits such as bourbon, whiskey, and wines.

If you have the room and the time to commit—it can live 500 years—the white oak tree is a beautiful and invaluable addition to a landscape for its aesthetic value and role in the local ecosystem.

How to Identify White Oak Trees

White oaks are easy year-round by their height, rounded canopy, and big trunk. They are large trees that grow to 50 to 75 feet tall with rounded canopies. It has a large trunk, often 3 to 5 feet around. The tree’s bark is a light, scaley gray that flakes off in small pieces if picked.

The foliage of the white oak is very recognizable; it has simple, alternating, lobed leaves that are 5 to 9 inches long with rounded tips. In spring and summer, the leaves are dark green on the top with a white or pale green underside. In the fall, the leaves turn reddish brown and linger on the branches late into winter.

White Oak Tree Care

White oaks grow slowly while often living for centuries if planted in conditions that allow them to remain healthy. If you follow these few steps, you should have no issues starting your white oak’s long life in the right direction:

Plant your white oak tree in a location where it will receive full sun.

Provide your tree with soil that is acidic to neutral and well-draining.

Do not over-fertilize your white oak.

Water your newly planted oak often to establish a strong root system.

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  1. Morning All!

    we’ve got a beautiful sunrise and 29* out there.

    the bear was back (hubby put another block out for the deer) but he didn’t take the block. What he did do is destroy the wooden holder–ripped the side right off. the block is on the ground ( and hubby definitely sees chew marks) so this one might not have been rounded enough for him to take it in his jaws. hubby’s going to bring in the camera card and see what went on during the night.

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    1. this was a different bear visit last night. from the trail cam we could see this one was there around 8:15 at night. While we were watching tv, the bear was ripping the tray apart that hubby built and attached to the tree stump. once the bear did that it knocked the block to the ground and laid down and munched on it FOR AN HOUR before sauntering off. this one looked to be upwards of 400 pounds.

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    2. Morning, Pat! Cloudy and 33 here this morning. Wow! Bear-proof deer feeders are expensive and I couldn’t find any for seed blocks.

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      1. Morning Filly!

        hubby will remake this one. We only have one more deer block left and then we stop putting them out till fall. the deer will start eating the grass (when it has a chance to grow) and anything tender on the bushes–and we have hundreds of them.

        we’re going to look during the summer (and ask my flea market friend) to try and find a wooden bowl for the loose corn we still have. the plastic bowl did not hold up well at all.

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            1. Do you remember the wooden salad bowl sets that had a big bowl w/usually 6 small wooden bowls? I have one of those that has been in the cabinet and never brought out since I moved in here! But it’s not made for outside use and probably wouldn’t last.

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    3. Good morning!

      Wow! two different bears! 🐻🐻

      It’s already 48* 👍 Need to get laundry moving so I can change bedding tomorrow.

      Son and GS may visit this evening 🤞

      Did you ever transplant those oaks you and GD sprouted?

      God bless 🙏 Take care

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      1. Good Morning Gina!

        I transplanted them Tuesday morning. The oldest sprout had “consumed” the acorn in it entirety. but the ones from this year still had the acorn at the bottom. there are 6 now in their own pots, so we’ll see how they do! (The acorns that did not sprout fell apart when i dug them out.

        This fall we’ll see if we can retrieve any more before the deer eat them all.

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  4. Nick Sortor:

    BREAKING: A Biden-appointed federal judge has BLOCKED the Trump administration from allowing Temporary Protected Status for THOUSANDS of Ethiopians to expire

    Trump didn’t even end it — he was just letting the TPS granted by Biden to EXPIRE

    SCOTUS MUST INTERVENE ASAP! This is BEYOND insane.

    They have NO BUSINESS being in our country.

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  7. JD Vance’s Task Force Uncovers $6 Billion in Potential Fraud, Begins Taking Action: Report

    …The task force has identified $6.3 billion in government contracts linked to potentially fraudulent businesses, The Daily Caller reported Wednesday.

    “The task force, alongside the General Services Administration (GSA), are beginning to send out letters to nearly 400 businesses with government contracts that they believe could be fraudulent,” according to the report. The investigation found 895 contracts awarded to 392 businesses, totaling $6.3 billion, “with $3 billion still left to be rewarded.”

    These businesses will have 30 days to prove their legitimacy and must provide evidence of a real, physical location where their operations take place…

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  9. Troublemaker10

    April 9, 2026 1:00 am

    Get the Unions and progressive policies out of our schools!

    —

    The “Mississippi Miracle” Has Democrats Panicking

    Excerpt:

    In what experts have dubbed the “Mississippi Miracle,” the Magnolia State has gone from 49th in the nation in fourth grade reading in 2013 to ninth in 2024, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as “the nation’s report card.” According to the Urban Institute, “Adjusted for demographics and poverty, Mississippi fourth graders ranked first nationally in reading and math” in 2024.

    But perhaps even more noteworthy than the test results themselves were how they were achieved. Rather than surrender to union pressure to pour more money into the same failed structure, Republican lawmakers passed the Literacy-Based Promotion Act. That legislation rejected the progressive dogmas that have crippled schools in blue states and returned to the fundamentals of phonics-based instruction, serious teacher training, literacy coaches in struggling schools, early intervention, and real accountability for results.

    https://amac.us/newsline/politics/the-mississippi-miracle-has-democrats-panicking

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    1. And there ya’ go: “adjusted for demographics and poverty.” That completely eviscerates the alleged positive outcome!

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  11. first Starmer, now Macron…lol. look who thinks they sit at the big boys table…LOLOLOLOL

    Emmanuel Macron
    @EmmanuelMacron
    I spoke today with Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian, as well as with U.S. President Donald Trump.

    I told both of them that their decision to accept a ceasefire was the best possible one.

    I expressed my hope that the ceasefire will be fully respected by each of the belligerents, across all areas of confrontation, including in Lebanon. This is a necessary condition for the ceasefire to be credible and lasting.

    It must open the way to comprehensive negotiations capable of ensuring security for all in the Middle East.

    Any agreement will have to address the concerns raised by Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, as well as its regional policy and its actions obstructing navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.

    This is how a strong and lasting peace can be built, with the support of all those who are able to contribute to it. France will play its full part, in close coordination with its partners in the Middle East.

    This is also what I discussed today in my exchanges with the leaders of Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, and Iraq.

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    1. Lying POS jackass!

      Just The News: “President Donald Trump repeated his claim Wednesday that NATO has not supported the United States when it needed the alliance following his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the White House.

      The meeting occurred after the president threatened to withdraw from the alliance over what he said was a lack of support among member nation states for the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran, which was paused Tuesday by a ceasefire agreement.

      “NATO wasn’t there when we needed them, and they won’t be there if we need them again,” Trump posted to Truth Social. “Remember Greenland, that big, poorly run, piece of ice!”

      Rutte told CNN in an interview after the meeting that the two leaders had a “very frank, very open” discussion but declined to specify whether the pair spoke about the president’s threats to leave the alliance. “He clearly told me what he thought of what happened over the last couple of weeks,” Rutte said. “It is a nuanced picture.”

      Trump dating back to his first term has been critical of NATO, complaining that some member nations are not paying their fair share of the alliance’s defense spending guidelines. But Rutte and the president have had a good relationship.”

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  13. Jake

    April 9, 2026 5:54 am

    It looks like leakers may finally be going to pay the price for their treachery.

    JUST IN: FBI Arrests Former Army Special Operations Employee For Leaking Classified National Defense Information to Media

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/fbi-arrests-former-special-operations-command-employee-leaking/

    Courtney Williams, 40, of Wagram, North Carolina, allegedly transmitted classified material to individuals not authorized to see it, including a journalist, the DOJ said.

    According to federal prosecutors, between 2022 and 2025, Williams disclosed Top Secret classified information in communication with a journalist via phone and text message.

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  17. Just The News: “Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not appear before the House Oversight Committee on April 14 to address the Epstein files, the panel confirmed on Wednesday.

    The Republican-led panel subpoenaed Bondi to testify last month amid scrutiny of the Department of Justice’s handling of the Epstein files and their release. Trump removed Bondi from her post earlier this month and Todd Blanche has taken over in an acting capacity.

    “The Department of Justice has stated Pam Bondi will not appear on April 14 for a deposition since she is no longer Attorney General and was subpoenaed in her capacity as Attorney General,” an Oversight Committee spokesperson told CBS News. “The Committee will contact Pam Bondi’s personal counsel to discuss next steps regarding scheduling her deposition.”

    The development comes despite some Republican members of the panel asserting that Bondi would still be required to testify despite her firing. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., insisted last week that Bondi was still compelled to appear.

    “We did it by name and not by the title of the attorney general, so she’s still compelled and required by law to come before the committee,” Mace told CNN, referencing the subpoena. “And at this juncture, I’m not backing away from that or backing down from that.”

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  18. Huh….Wheezer snuck in at some point and is snoozing on the chair. I took out some tuna and added it to his dish but he stayed in the chair. Worn out, I guess.

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  19. “This is funny as all gittup. This guy died and at his wake one woman hears another woman crying and saying how much she’ll miss him and love of his life and all that other shit, turns out they were both fuckin’ the guy and they started trying to beat the shit out of each other over the friggin’ guy’s casket, nearly knocking it – and it’s contents – on the floor.

    I can only hope when it’s my turn to go that the same thing breaks out at my funeral, just on a much larger scale. Know what I mean?“

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  20. “Don’t you all have days like that when you wanna just jump on your Big Wheel, flip everybody off and tell ’em all to go fuck themselves and just ride off in to the sunset? Shit, I have days like that four or five times a week – sometimes more…“

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  23. Shanaka Anslem Perera https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/26a1.svg
    @shanaka86
    While China was busy shipping missile chemicals to Iran and collecting yuan tolls at Hormuz, someone was inside its most sensitive supercomputer stealing everything.

    CNN reports that a hacker group calling itself FlamingChina breached the China National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin and exfiltrated up to 10 petabytes of classified defence data. The samples posted on dark web forums include bomb and missile designs, animated explosion simulations, structural integrity tests, renderings of the J-20 stealth fighter, sixth-generation aircraft concepts, nuclear submarine schematics, hypersonic weapons systems, and target analyses for American assets including HIMARS launchers and carrier strike groups.

    Ten petabytes. For context, the entire printed collection of the US Library of Congress is approximately 10 terabytes. This breach is one thousand times that volume. It is being sold for cryptocurrency on Breach Forums. Cybersecurity experts who reviewed the previews told CNN the data appears genuine, matching known output patterns from the NSCC Tianjin facility, which serves over 6,000 clients including defence agencies and aviation firms across China.

    The timing is extraordinary. Trump posted a 50 percent tariff threat on any country supplying military weapons to Iran hours before CNN published this story. Five Chinese vessels shipped sodium perchlorate to Iran from Gaolan Port in the past six weeks, enough propellant precursor for hundreds of ballistic missiles. China’s ghost fleet continues operating through the IRGC’s yuan toll booth at Hormuz. And now the supercomputer that designed the weapons China is helping Iran reconstitute has been gutted by hackers selling its contents for the same cryptocurrency that Iran charges for strait passage.

    The irony is architectural. China built a parallel financial system using yuan and crypto to bypass the dollar at Hormuz. A hacker group is now using crypto to bypass Chinese state security and sell Beijing’s most classified military designs to anyone with a wallet address. The same technology that enables sanction evasion enables espionage monetisation. The blockchain does not distinguish between a toll payment and a weapons leak. It processes both.

    For Xi, this is a catastrophe arriving at the worst possible moment. Bessent’s mid-May Beijing summit was already going to be difficult. Trump holds the waiver on 140 million barrels of Chinese-bound Iranian crude. The 50 percent tariff threat targets China’s arms pipeline. The IDF just destroyed 100 Hezbollah targets using F-35I aircraft with Israeli software upgrades the Pentagon approved today. And now the classified designs for China’s most advanced military systems, the systems that justify the rare earth monopoly and the South China Sea posture and the Taiwan coercion campaign, are available for purchase on a dark web forum for less than the price of a single Hormuz transit.

    If the data is genuine, every adversary and ally of China can now reverse-engineer the capabilities Beijing spent decades and hundreds of billions developing. The J-20’s stealth profile. The hypersonic glide vehicle’s trajectory calculations. The nuclear submarine’s acoustic signature. The sixth-generation fighter’s sensor architecture. All of it, priced in crypto, available now.

    China wanted to build a post-dollar world. A hacker group just demonstrated what that world looks like when the technology works in both directions.

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  25. weird stuff…temp is now 58*! (wth)

    and mom’s not answering her phone. which means she might be getting her shower now (which is late for her and will make her mad all day) or there’s a group meeting again.

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  27. wholeheartedly agree!

    Benny Johnson
    @bennyjohnson
    This animal was ‘competent’ enough to vote.
    He was ‘competent’ enough to get welfare.
    He was ‘competent’ enough to get public housing.
    He was ‘competent’ enough to get EBT.
    He was ‘competent’ enough to get free bus rides.
    He was ‘competent’ enough to acquire a murder weapon. 
    He was ‘competent’ enough to slice a girls throat in an instant.
    He was ‘competent’ enough to immediately brag about murdering “that white girl.”
    This animal was ‘competent’ enough to stand trial for 14 (!!!!) previous violent offenses and be set free.

    But now that he’s facing the death penalty he’s miraculously ‘incompetent’ and cannot be judged.

    My blood is boiling.

    Impeach and punish the corrupt judges who allowed this violent repeat offender to be free to kill Iryna.

    Federal charges better stick and deliver the death penalty to this monster, who was caught on camera committing racial hate murder. Make it a public execution.

    End this madness. We cannot share a society with these people. Kill evil.

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  29. Excellent Automobile Design

    Extraordinary Entrance

    Old School Pitmaster

    Advertising photos of the 1953 Chevrolet Corvette.

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  30. Amazing ancient Roman mosaic floor at Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily, Italy, depicts mythical creatures and characters from Greek mythology. Imagine the cost to put that in!

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  31. Eric Daugherty
    @EricLDaugh
    https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/svg/1f6a8.svg HOLY CRAP. Gavin Newsom is funneling taxpayer money into his political support base through a FRAUD PROGRAM

    Newsom gives $30B in taxpayer funds to “in home caregivers,” a program with huge numbers of fraud

    In home care providers give $150M to LABOR UNIONS every single year: “Gavin Newsom’s number one political power base.”

    CHRIS RUFO: “It is a cycle of corruption. Newsom gives $30 billion in taxpayer money to these in-home caregivers, including huge numbers of fraud. These caregivers give money to the unions, the unions give the money back to Gavin Newsom.”

    “This is the dirty business of California, and we’ve blown it wide open.”

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  32. “Desantis signs law designed to ban Sharia in Florida”

    EXCERPT: “The governor signed this week a bill that makes sure we’re never going to operate under the authority of sharia law here in Florida — not in our courts, not in our local governments, not controlling contracts, or in our schools.”

    Uthmeier said it’s an upfront way to deal with a serious issue. “It’s important here for us to always be proactive to recognize that we do have a surge of Muslims in this country that are pushing sharia law, trying to influence our kids, and trying to educate the undermining of our Republican ideals … trying to attack Western civilization.”

    He said that level of influence cannot be allowed to take hold. “This is wrong, and we’re going to keep fighting it.”

    Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a measure into law Monday that gives him and other Florida leaders the ability to label groups as domestic or foreign terrorist organizations and expel state university students who support them.

    The law allows a top official at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to designate a group as a domestic or foreign terrorist organization, with the governor and three other members of the Florida Cabinet approving or rejecting the designation.

    Besides the governor, the Cabinet is made up of the state attorney general, the chief financial officer, and the agriculture commissioner, all of whom are elected separately…..”

    https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/james-uthmeier-florida-sharia/2026/04/08/id/1252277/

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  33. @Real_RobN
    Here it is:

    The military-grade CIA operations once used to topple governments around the world are now being used on American soil.

    Here is Dr. Maria Stephan, CIA regime change veteran, who trains rioters, including Antifa and BLM, on the fake-news media outlet, which operates at the behest of the CIA.

    Barbara Boyd: “What is happening right now in Minneapolis isn’t just a protest. It is a military-grade regime change operation right here in the United States. It starts with Dr. Maria Stephan, the CIA regime change veteran, who probably trained every single rioter in the Minneapolis streets.”

    In other words: It started in 2008 with Barack Hussein Obama—followed by the attempted overthrow in 2016, the overthrow in 2020, and, in 2024, in Minneapolis, as part of a seditious conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government—using NGOs, the National Endowment for Democracy, USAID, and the U.S. Institute for Peace… to do it. All at the taxpayers’ expense.

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  36. Unite4Freedom
    @Unite4Freedom
    BREAKING: Federal Court Clears Path for DOJ to Seize State Voter Rolls

    The battle for election transparency just hit a fever pitch.

    Yesterday, a federal judge handed the Department of Justice a massive procedural victory in United States v. Hobbs. Despite Washington State’s desperate attempt to dismiss the case on technicalities, the court ruled that the DOJ’s lawsuit to force the surrender of full, unredacted voter registration rolls will move forward.

    What’s at Stake?

    The DOJ is invoking the Civil Rights Act of 1960 to demand access to every voter’s:
    • Full Legal Name
    • Date of Birth
    • Partial Social Security Numbers
    • Residential History

    The Collision Course

    Washington officials are digging in, claiming state privacy laws (RCW 29A.08.710) shield this sensitive data from federal reach. But the DOJ’s position is clear: Federal oversight trumps state-level secrecy when it comes to verifying the integrity of the rolls.

    This isn’t just about Washington. This is one of 30 simultaneous legal battles the administration is waging across the country. 

    The goal? 

    A national audit to cross-reference state rolls with federal citizenship databases—ensuring that only legal citizens are casting ballots in the 2026 midterms.

    The state now has until May 12 to respond. As the November elections loom, the fight over who controls the data—and who verifies the voters—is the most consequential legal showdown in the country.

    The era of “trust us” election administration is over. The era of “Prove it!” is here.

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  43. awww HELL NO!

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  45. this makes me so mad. they break the law coming here–and then they use PUBLIC funding for their lawyers! I wouldn’t get a free lawyer, why in the hell are they?

    FTA

    Criminal migrants across the country are increasingly avoiding deportation thanks to an unlikely source: public attorneys using local taxpayer dollars to represent them in immigration court.

    Foreign nationals facing criminal prosecution have long been provided Supreme Court-mandated legal advice on the potential impacts of guilty pleas. However, public attorneys are more frequently representing non-citizens in deportation proceedings, sparking ethical concerns from immigration hawks who note that there’s no legal requirement for free lawyers in civil court.

    “You don’t have a right to pay counsel in civil proceedings any more than you do in tenant-landlord court or divorce court,” Art Arthur, a resident fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Arthur — who previously served as an immigration judge — highlighted how government-funding for immigration attorneys is becoming more common across the U.S.

    “If they’re going to provide free counsel to respondents — which is how we refer to them in immigration court — are they providing free counsel to people facing bankruptcy, to people who are facing eviction, to people who are attempting to get out of abuse of marriages?” Arthur continued. “I got a feeling the answer that probably no.”

    https://dailycallernewsfoundation.org/2026/04/09/exclusive-public-attorneys-doing-way-more-for-illegal-migrants-than-you-might-think/

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  47. Refuel and Refresh

    The dog’s eyes are saying, “Save me!”

    Big Knife. Chippewa/Cree. Rocky Boy Reservation. Montana. 1901.

    Jump on and ride

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  48. Well, that was strange…..Wheezer finally woke up after sleeping for hours and left w/o eating anything, even the tuna…..I don’t think he’s ever done that before.

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  49. Saluting Patriotism

    Newsletter | April 9, 2026

    “Patriotism feeds the pride and energy in America – from the smallest neighborhood to the largest community, patriotic citizens recognize that the strength of our nation rests on the shoulders of generations of families willing to serve to defend our rights at home or abroad.

    For the last forty years, April has been celebrated as the Month of the Military Child. The Pentagon set the stage for this special occurrence in 1996.  It knows all too well that when one or both parents wear the uniform of a branch of our armed forces, the center of the universe is still their children, no matter where they may be deployed around the world.

    Although military kids become accustomed to parents missing birthdays, holidays, graduations, and other milestones while they’re defending our freedoms, these youngsters gain a special sense for service and honor – they were reared on it.

    And military children are uprooted repeatedly throughout their parents’ careers — they’re always leaving old friends and starting all over again. The Pentagon estimates these kids might move as many as nine times during their formative years. That said, children raised by parents in the military and surrounded by other servicemen and women also enjoy an upbringing that instills in them the rare qualities that build strong character.

    Since 1973, every serviceman and woman has entered service voluntarily, making a conscious decision to accept the risks and responsibilities of military life. This choice alone reflects a profound devotion: unlike in many other nations where service may be mandatory, American service members step forward willingly, knowing that their duties may demand the ultimate sacrifice.

    Upon enlistment, they swear an oath “to support and defend the Constitution,” which also distinguishes them from other warriors throughout history. They pledge not to a king, a party, or a president or prime minister, but rather to the Constitution, a document that enshrines the enduring principles of liberty and self-governance. The Constitution represents the collective values of America—including freedom of speech, the right to due process, and equal justice under the law.

    By swearing to defend it, military personnel accept the responsibility of safeguarding these rights for all Americans, even at great personal cost. They understand that their role is to preserve peace, protect the nation, and ensure that future generations — and above all, their own children — can enjoy the same freedoms they cherish.

    The countdown to America’s 250th anniversary is on. The nation is only three months away from celebrating one of the most important birthdays in world history. If history is the judge, and with all that is going on today domestically and abroad, we recognize that fighting for our freedom for another 250 years and beyond is a reality, dependent on future generations. We salute our men and women in uniform for their unselfish devotion to our nation, and this month, especially, we salute their children. Together, they embody patriotism and are the pride of our remarkable country – America!”

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