"But where, says some, is the King of America? I'll tell you. Friend, he reigns above, and doth not make havoc of mankind..." ~Thomas Paine
From Paine's pamphlet titled 'Common Sense,' published in January 1776, these words were some that inspired change, and less than five months later, the Second Continental Congress gathered to discuss independence from the motherland. On June 11, a committee of five was formed to draft the declaration, and on July 4, 1776, the written document, this Declaration of Independence of the United States, was approved and received its first two of 56 signatures.
It may not be the Declaration of Independence that gives us all our freedoms, but it was a start to being an independent nation. But let us remember on what--or whom, actually--this nation was built. This is "one nation, under God." 238 years later, let us remember this. Let us look to the Lord in all things and let His law govern our lives above all.
Happy Independence Day!
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