Idaho Freedom Foundation: Pride in America Month

 Dear Arthur,

It’s “pride month,” and if you’re like I am, you’re probably tired of having the LGBTQA+ agenda shoved down your throat at every turn.

Last year, the Idaho Freedom Foundation decided to flip the script on the month of June. Instead of spending a whole month celebrating the left’s bizarre obsession with your bedroom, we decided to declare June as Pride in America month.

We’re doing a repeat act this year, and sharing with you some of our favorite Pride in America articles. It’s not enough for us to simply stand against the bizarre and often grotesque antics of the pro-trans left. Opposing the woke agenda certainly has value, and I don’t discount the courage we often need to stand against the intolerant culture.

But, Pride in America is about celebrating those on whose shoulders conservatives now stand. We must remember and emulate the brave men and women whose convictions, honor, integrity, and wisdom shaped our country into what it is today.

First up, President George Washington:

    In the annals of human history, a select few rise head and shoulders above their peers. These men single-handedly changed the course of history, and the United States was blessed to have one of these men at her very birth.

    Up until the War for Independence, George Washington was fairly unremarkable. The eldest son of a wealthy Virginia planter, Washington worked as a surveyor, as a planter, and served in a militia unit that fought with the British Army in the French and Indian War. He traveled to Philadelphia at the outbreak of the Revolution in 1775 and was made commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

    Every schoolchild knows the stories of Washington’s valor during the American Revolution. His victories at Boston and Trenton are heroic tales, but his defeat at Long Island is perhaps an even greater story. Faced with overwhelming odds, Washington began an orderly retreat, keeping his army intact as they withdrew over the Hudson River. In the hands of a lesser general, this retreat might have become a rout, and the Revolution would have never gotten off the ground.

    After independence, Washington could have seized as much power as he wanted. Yet, like the Roman statesman Cincinattus, he retired to private life once more. That was not the end of his story. When it was clear that the Articles of Confederation had failed to create a stable government, Washington returned to preside over the Constitutional Convention. When it came time to choose the first president of the United States, Washington was elected unanimously.