I saw the Broadway Road Tour of Hamilton at the Schuster Center, in Dayton, Ohio. We went back in October. After seeing it again, I had to pull it up on Disney+ and watch it about six more times. It may be my favorite play. Though, I have to say, Avenue Q and Wicked are stellar opponents.
Anyway, the play touches my heart in so many ways. The obvious is the human connection, the relationships, the heartbreaks, the love stories, the deep friendships.
The other obvious part would be the amazing patriotism of our early founders. Alexander and Eliza Hamilton, George and Martha Washington, and all the others. Who could ever forget Hamilton’s best pals: John Laurens, Marquis de Lafayette, and Hercules Mulligan. They may not have the clout of some of the others, like Jefferson and Madison. But they would flour the Revolution with their heroic contributions.
Heck. All of them, really. In their own personal ways.
I am so grateful for these people. But as I see our nation now, I am embarrassed by the direction it has turned. A circus, for one thing. And a fishbowl of hatred for another. People show such sensationalism in their comments and actions. They also display ignorance in their lack of responsibility for adhering to the truth.
I hope things change. I hope that people get back to truly caring about America. About the Constitution. About the Freedom that we are so lucky to have.
I hope we can make the turn back toward mutual freedoms instead of partaking in petty cheap shots for the sake of appearances.
Raise a glass to Freedom.
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“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.” — Thomas Jefferson
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“The only obligation which I have a right to assume is to do at any time what I think right.” — Henry David Thoreau
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“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home—so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
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The room where it happens, the room where it happens
