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What reasons do you have to celebrate our country’s 250th birthday? What thoughts come to mind thinking about Independence Day – fireworks, hot dogs, picnics, fun gatherings, blind rowboat races, log-rolling, bubble gum contests? Imagine two hundred and fifty candles on a gigantic birthday cake that says Happy Birthday America! Pondering the semiquincentennial, the following also comes to mind for me. I think of our democratic republic, governed by the U.S. Constitution, an incredible, enduring document born out of blood, sweat, tears, har...
I do declare the following quotes challenge my independent thinking of American history and current day America. Perhaps these words sound familiar: “...deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...” “He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.” “He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained...” “...relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature...” “...fatiguing t...
