Posted on 07/04/2026 4:42:55 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Independence was not guaranteed.
Two-hundred-fifty years ago, the Second Continental Congress lit the fuse for human freedom by declaring the United States of America independent from Great Britain. Although we Americans celebrate the Fourth of July as our nation’s birthday, our country did not have an easy birth.
In July 1776, the men who became known as our “Founding Fathers” had many problems. First among them was the reality that not everyone believed the United Colonies of North America (as they were then called) should sever ties with the Crown. During the First Continental Congress, convened in Philadelphia for fewer than two months in the early autumn of 1774, delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies (Loyalist Georgia did not attend.) could not agree how best to respond to Britain’s naval blockade of Boston Harbor and Parliament’s imposition of the Intolerable Acts as collective punishment for the Boston Tea Party. Staunch Loyalist and Pennsylvania delegate Joseph Galloway even proposed a Plan of Union to formally unite Great Britain and the North American colonies. That did not sit well with Massachusetts firebrand Samuel Adams, and the proposal was eventually struck from the official record of the proceedings.
Following the April 19, 1775, Battles of Lexington and Concord — the first armed conflicts in America’s War for Independence — colonial delegates reconvened in Philadelphia on May 10. For the next fourteen months, the Second Continental Congress debated what to do next. Formal separation from Great Britain remained a contentious issue. Even after fighting in Massachusetts had begun, most American colonists resisted calls for independence throughout 1775. However, public support for the cause of liberty grew as Christian ministers exhorted members of their congregations to recognize the fight against political tyranny as a struggle for God-given rights
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Our God-given rights still are not guaranteed. The DSA would love to do away with them.
No it did not have an easy birth.....and right now it’s suffering from several cancers known as socialism, communism and islam.
And without complete eradication I fear the body will die a horrible death.
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I turned 72 on Thursday, July 2.
Happy belated birthday my friend! 🎂
Tomorrow is mine.
Never forget, all the cool kids were born in July!
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Awesome!!!!😀👍
Happy birthday!
On July 4, 1976 I was at the Bicentennial Concert at Tampa Stadium. Playing were The Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Loggins & Messina. A long time ago.
But for a few men at just the right time and with the right abilities the American experiment might have failed. There were some men whose contributions were singular and without another like them. Washington, Jefferson. Adams, Hamilton and Madison among them.
That’ll be the day
Thanks!
Yep.
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