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July 4, 2008

Independence Day, Redux

When the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776, its signers knew that doing so would chance individual and collective disaster.  Despite that, they wrote then signed the words, "And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

They understood that the path upon which they had embarked could mean the loss of their possessions, their property, their families and even their lives; and in the end, they suffered losses that are beyond contemporary comprehension.

Yet, from that day to this, hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans have risen to challenges that have immortalized the high ideals of the signers, withstanding the tests of politics, war and time. 

Go HERE to read Bob's complete article.

posted by : Left Coast Conservative on July 4, 2008
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