Biden on American Greatness: ‘We Don’t Seek to Bury the Wrongs, We Face It’

President Joe Biden spoke on American greatness at a White House celebration for Independence Day on Sunday. “Today, we celebrate America; our freedom, our liberty, our independence,” Biden said with optimism to a crowd of around 1,000 guests—mostly essential workers and military families—gathered on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate the national […]

Biden on American Greatness: ‘We Don’t Seek to Bury the Wrongs, We Face It’
President Joe Biden spoke on American greatness at a White House celebration for Independence Day on Sunday. “Today, we celebrate America; our freedom, our liberty, our independence,” Biden said with optimism to a crowd of around 1,000 guests—mostly essential workers and military families—gathered on the South Lawn of the White House to celebrate the national holiday. “The Fourth of July is a sacred day in our country. A day of history, of hope, remembrance and resolve, of promise and possibilities.” The president said that America is a unique country where independence of thought has allowed the birth of a nation that continually strives toward Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of “a promised land” where equality as “endowed by their Creator” is not only an aspiration but a reality. “Think about this, one of the great gifts [of the spirit of independence] is our capacity to see ourselves whole and see ...