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walked through the just in time to enjoy airport without see- the summer months. ing one other person. The airports in the US are starting to be full again, with We are blessed to live in Florida, where planes packed to the last seat with busieven during the ness and personal Pandemic, family travelers. The theme barbecues, going to the beach and many parks and other Flormore outdoor activ- ida attractions are getting busier by the ities were possible. Never bet against And while following day. It is also great There is no quesAmerica. the rules and recom- to get back to the tion that the past mendations outlined gym and see friends year has been filled Several times in reand neighbors at locent history I have AMERICA HAS ALWAYS cal stores and restauheard quite a few rants. All of these people from other AND CONTINUES TO are great for Floridparts of the globe say HAVE THE ABILITY ians, great for the that they have been TO COME BACK economy, and great convinced that after for America. FROM ADVERSITY BY a period of political divide and pandemic CHANGING COURSE AND While we were able that the ‘American THEN BEING ABLE TO to celebrate the 4th Dream’ is no longer PROSPER AGAIN. of July together with achievable. fireworks last year, I am happy to say that with hardships from by the CDC and However, it is my we will be able to government, Avaour health to the belief that Amerieconomy and every- lon Park Group was celebrate with even ca has always and more activity this 4th fortunate to be able thing in between. continues to have of July as a country to keep our busiWhile travelling to the ability to come ness activities in full and as a communiback from adversity Europe last year, I swing. In fact, many ty! As we continwas on flights that by changing course ue to overcome the and then being able were more than 90% at APG have exempty. On a few of pressed that we nev- challenges presented to prosper again. those flights, with a er worked as hard as by Covid-19, we can One does not have start getting back we have during the capacity well over to be a historian to past year of the pan- in the community. I see how many times 300 passengers, I remain proud to live demic. Now, with was amongst just a the United States much of the popula- in this free and great has came back from handful of regular country. tion vaccinated, we travelers. At one disaster. I imagine are starting to see a point I arrived in England felt that America had lost all Zurich, Switzerland shift back to normal- Have a great summer! power after the civil where all the stores, cy for much of the war. And again, after restaurants and offic- rest of the country the great depression es were closed, and I and the world. And in the 1930’s, others talked about the end of United States economic power. And yet again after the global financial crisis in 2008 the end of the US capitalist system was declared. All of those predictions were wrong.
