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Essay Happy 4th of July !!

2014.07.04 10:54

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Sending away another 4th of July

It's been almost 50 years since I arrived at San Francisco
about this time of the year. To be exact it was June 29th.
How can I forget the day?

Having entered U.S. from west coast, without having passed
in front of the Statue of Liberty, I didn't feel as much desperate
emotional prayer for the liberty and hope for a better life
as those European immigrants coming through New York harbor.

But the same spirit for the liberty and hope applies to anyone
who came to America and became one of it's citizen.

With  a hope of returning to my motherland someday soon,
the Statue of Liberty, American flag, and 4th of July
didn't seem to belong to me for many years. 
I thought 815 was my only Independence Day.

As the young man's black-hairs were gradually turnig to gray,
and the hope, dream, and chance for returning home faded away,
the Independence Day had become not only for the Americans,
but it seemed that it was for me as well.
The fate had her own idea to put down a way for me.

America's independence is also my independence.
The liberty in this land is also my liberty.
Every time, 4th of July passed by, as a Korean American,
my appreciation for the day is getting deeper.

God bless America !

July 4, 2014  WM

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