Posts Tagged ‘Founding Fathers’
John Adams on Independence Day
I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from [...]
Required reading of the day – The Declaration of Independence
With the finalization of the text of The Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, 56 men put in words their belief that man was meant to be free. They stated with conviction their idea “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these [...]
What’s Happened to the Gene Pool?
This was in our little local newspaper that serves our suburb and I thought it was awesome. The only thing wrong with it is that I didn't write it!