During a stroll in Boston, I passed a statue of George Washington. That man personified the cause of freedom.
Across the street, Mennonite Christians sang hymns. Their presence brought to mind freedom. Authorities in some countries would persecute them for such a display.
A contingent of demonstrators passed by. Their signs criticized drones used in warfare. Those activists also exuded freedom. Peaceful demonstrators like them risk arrest in other parts of the world.
Chinese Americans in the vicinity got me thinking about freedom. They performed a meditation exercise. This activity is outlawed in their native country.
If George Washington had strolled beside me, he would be pleased. Two centuries after the American Revolution, citizens in Boston still exercise the freedoms of speech and assembly he had fought for.
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