Forum Post: OWS Thanksgiving... we are the new Pilgrims!
Posted 12 years ago on Nov. 24, 2011, 9:50 p.m. EST by VERUM
(108)
This content is user submitted and not an official statement
We are ALL Human Beings...the only thing we have to be thankful for is our own perseverance!
Not a single one of us would be where we are today without the determination of those that proceeded us. The Pilgrims came to this country to escape the tyranny of Briton, and were eventually successful in Declaring Independence from the same. (See the Declaration of Independence)
OWS is not unlike many of our early pioneers... we are simply seeking a voice for the FREEDOM of the people from Corporate and State!
We seek freedom from economic oppression... freedom from corporate influence over our Government... and freedom from lobbyist!
ABSOLUTELY! This year I offer thanks for the dedication, dignity and bravery of the men and women of OWS.
I've said it before, but I'll say it again : these men and women of the "Occupy" Movement are MAKING HISTORY as we speak. They are undoubtedly the Great Patriots of the hour... and one day Liberty Square will become a historical site.
Grandparents will take their grandkids out on the tour and tell them proudly :
"This is where it all began...
This is where we decided to take back our country...
This is where America was reborn.
We kicked out our oppressors just as our forefathers had kicked out the British in 1776."