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My mother fled Cuba and found the freedom too many Americans now forget

Happy Birthday, America. We love you. We are grateful. And we are proud

By Jason Miyares Fox News

Published July 2, 2026 9:00am EDT

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I've always believed that gratitude is the most underrated of all human traits, and ingratitude is among the ugliest. A person who cannot recognize what they've been given, who cannot feel the weight of unearned blessing, has a hole in their soul that no amount of achievement can fill. It’s true of people and nations.

America, I am sorry that some in this country do not love you. Sad that a record low number of young Americans say they are proud.

This breaks my heart, not because dissent is wrong, but because that failure belongs to the adults who came before. Every generation that failed to explain to the next what was purchased so that they might live freely. Every classroom that taught grievance instead of gratitude. Every voice that spent more time promoting protests and condemnations........

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