WHEN YOU LOOK FOR WIND GUSTS NEAR 70 MILES AN HOUR. NOW, A KOCO FIVE EDITORIAL, HE WAS PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER BRENT HENSLEY IN AN ELECTION YEAR, IT CAN SEEM LIKE WE’RE SO DIVIDED AS A COUNTRY AND AS A PEOPLE, BUT AS WE CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY, THURSDAY AND EVERYTHING, THE HOLIDAY STANDS FOR, LET US BE REMINDED OF WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER AS A COUNTRY. IT’S OUR SHARED FREEDOM IN 1776, WHEN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS APPROVED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE THAT JULY 4TH, MANY YEARS AGO, THEY PUSHED FOR FREEDOM. SOME BELIEVE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS THE MOST IMPACTFUL STATEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN HISTORY, ESPECIALLY THE SECOND SENTENCE TO PARAPHRASE, WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL AND GIVEN THE RIGHT TO LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. THIS STATEMENT BECAME THE MORAL STANDARD TO STRIVE FOR AS A NATION. AS WE CELEBRATE INDEPENDENCE DAY, LET US NOT FORGET THOSE MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO PROTECT OUR FREEDOM. LET US RESPECT INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM AND WORK TOGETHER TO FIND WHAT UNITES US, RATHER THAN WHAT DIVIDES US WITH BETTER UNDERSTANDING COMES UNITY. WE LIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. LET’S CELEBRATE IT FROM ALL OF US. HERE AT KOCO FIVE. HAVE A HAPPY AND SAFE INDEPENDENCE DAY. I’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU. EMAIL ME AT EDITORIALS AT KOCO.COM.