Posted on 07/05/2011 9:31:36 AM PDT by zippythepinhead
I am glad to be able to get on my blog to wish my readers Happy Independence Day here in America. On July 4, 1776 13 colonies of the British Empire in North America decided to politically sever ties with Great Britain and declared independence.
These men signing this epistle to King George III knew that they pledged all they had, their lives, families, property, and sacred honor. Being subjects to the Crown and taking the action they did was treason. Yet they did it on ideal that "all men are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights." These rights are "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
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