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JUNE 2026

Happy Birthday, America.  You are going to be 250 years old.  If online gambling was around in 1776 you could have made a lot of money betting that this little experiment in democracy would last 250 years.  I imagine the over/under back then was about 18 months.  Yet, here we are, still, however precariously, standing.  We are old for a constitutional democracy but younger than many dynasties.  Democracy is hard.  It was hard in 1776, and it is hard in 2026.  Democracy requires citizens to be informed and to participate.  Participation comes in many forms and is protected for us by the Bill of Rights.

We have lasted as long as we have in large part due to the brilliance of the United States Constitution.  This document not only set up the 3 branches of government, and the checks and balances supposed to keep order between them but included, eventually, the Bill of Rights which protects our individual freedoms.  This document admitted that we are  an imperfect union but gives the opportunity to strive to become “more perfect.” 

The journey from powdered whigs to cell phones and artificial intelligence has been a long one, but we are still operating under the same framework designed by guys with wooden teeth.

So, at the end of the day, what is this America which we are celebrating?  Is it a land mass protected by oceans, is it the military so rich with bravery and courage, is it the populous made by the quilt of so many colors, cultures, ethnicities, religions and beliefs?  Or is it an idea? An idea sketched out through the US Constitution and Bill of Rights by men who danced the minuet, and settled arguments with pistols at 20 paces but who knew enough not to limit future generations, to live by one school of thought, one religion, one economic philosophy.  Those guys who were born British subjects spoke of “all men being created equal” with the narrow vision of their time.  Yet, they gave us a path to expand the meaning of that phrase, so that here 250 years later we can be a “more perfect union”.  More perfect, yes, but not perfect; our work is not done.

Keep striving; it’s the American way.

Happy Birthday America!

The big deal in Greenbriar this month is our 4th of July Celebration.  It is so big we couldn’t wait until to 4th to start the festivities, so our event will take place on Friday July 3rd at Chatham Rec Center from 4:00 until 6:00.  Details are below.

July 3:  Indoor picnic 4:00 – 6:00 pm at Chatham recreation center.  GBSC will provide hot dogs, buns and paper goods and condiments. 

Members please bring:

A-G: Fruit or dessert

H-P: Hot dishes, potato or veggie casseroles, baked beans, mac and cheese.

Q-Z: Cold dishes: Cole slaw, macaroni salad, potato salad, pasta salad, tossed salad

If you have any questions, contact a committee member (Teri or Tony Paris, Rick or Angie Corbeil, Barb Millhouse.

Coming up:

July 11: Ladies Luncheon will be at 11:30 at Miz Kathi’s Cotillion & Sweetery Café, located at 101 N. Main in Wildwood.  RSVP to Nancy at 513-295-5531.

The Office of the Treasurer:  Jim Caldwell states that GBSC still has $1943.95  in our account at present.