I never get tired of publishing this post every year.
Happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans, and to my fellow Americans in spirit.
Two hundred and thirty five years ago, our forefathers gave us this:
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
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.
Here’s the whole thing, in its original document. (And your tax dollars at work: The Federal government did what it always does: Switches URLs so that last year’s link is invalid.)
Enjoy the holiday. Stay safe, watch fireworks, salute the flag, and sing your favorite patriotic songs. I think my favorite July 4th when I lived in Bloomfield was the one where I told my friends as we walked to the park holding the fireworks display that I could get the crowd to join in with any patriotic song just by starting to sing them. I was right. Try it yourselves today. It’s fun. Even in a blue state, which is where I was when I tried my experiment, most people are patriots.
God bless America!
I stole this from Hot Air: