This campaign has been and is energizing. I have met with Township supervisors, School teachers, Board members, and Superintendents. Spent time in dairy barns, at kitchen tables hearing your stories, seeing your daily life and some of you shared your personal struggles. Business leaders, volunteers, pastors and elected officials have given their time and resources to share a vision of America. Parents and grandparents have voiced concerns for their children, and youth in their optimism reminded me how to live with excitement. There is a common theme and bond that we have as Americans, as Lancaster county residents. It's a deep yearning for more Liberty. We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal…. We pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God ….. There it is, the common theme. We are a Republic, we do not pledge allegiance to a king, we are free people under God. It is to him that our hearts are grateful. And as we vote this election day in this 250th year of celebration and thankfulness let's be united on these principles.