07/04/2025
On July 4, 1776, fifty-six delegates to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia signed the Declaration of Independence proclaiming that the colonies were “free and independent States.” It was a document that would change the world, but after the Revolutionary War it remained in relative obscurity for many years. It wasn't until Abraham Lincoln's run for Senate when he centered the Declaration of Independence within his speeches did he remind the people what was said and meant. An excerpt from his 1858 speech in Lewiston, Illinois:
⭐ "...come back to the truths that are in the Declaration of Independence. You may do anything with me you choose, if you will but heed these sacred principles.
The Declaration…was formed by the representatives of American liberty from thirteen States. These communities, by their representatives in old Independence Hall, said to the whole world of men:
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." ...
"Wise statesmen as they were, they knew the tendency of prosperity to breed tyrants, and so they established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set up the doctrine that none but rich men, or none but white men, were entitled to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness, their posterity might look up again to the Declaration of Independence and take courage to renew the battle which their fathers began – so that truth, justice, mercy, and all the humane and Christian virtues might not be extinguished from the land; so that no man would hereafter dare to limit and circumscribe the great principles on which the temple of liberty was being built.” ⭐
It is the 249th celebration of Independence Day and there is still so much work to do. The price of liberty requires eternal vigilance and reminders. Thankfully, good trouble is alive and there are millions who still dream for a better, more just, more equitable future. Thankfully we are willing to exhaust the energy — just like our ancestors — to help us move towards the "ideal."
We are here to celebrate our resilience and fight! Happy Independence Day and press on, friends! ⭐
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