Dear Citizens,

Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. As we’ve learned, the early days of that settlement were rough. Most of the colonists suffered and died.

But people kept coming over. People saw something in America that attracted them. I think it was opportunity, hope, and the chance to make their own future.

One-hundred fifty years later, our founders put these hopes into words:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness…”

We still argue over what these words mean and we’re still trying to make sure we live up to them. But they’re the foundation for the great experiment that America is and continues to be.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck