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LindaOH @LindaOHio (222222) • United States 4 Jul 21

First of all, I'd like to wish all of our United States members a very Happy 4th of July! July 4, 1776 was when the Declaration of Independence was signed which stated that the 13 colonies were no longer subject to British...

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August 2 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222222) • United States 2 Aug 19

Dinosaur Day International Beer Day 1776 - The signing of the Declaration of Independence took place 1790 - The first United States Census was taken 2018 - Apple, Inc. became the first United States company to be valued at...

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"that all man are created equal" ?

sweet as honey @sweetashoney (3597) • United States 26 Aug 18

Earlier today I came across an article posted on the Fox News website. The title of the article is, Americans should stop demonizing each other and appreciate our differences. Written by Joe Battaglia. The story was good and...

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Happy Fourth Of July America - Why We Celebrate

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 4 Jul 18

FREEDOM We might think freedom was born on the battlefield. We poured out our blood, but it wasn’t our blood, it was the blood of the people who fought for the freedom we take for granted today. We don’t even remember...

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Did you know there's a secret room behind Mount Rushmore?

xeno-precept @stasis (91) • United States 30 Apr 17

I just learned this today! The architect who designed the plans for Mt. Rushmore also wanted to build a room behind the giant carvings in which to store important documents, like the Declaration, chronicling America's history....

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Something Interesting To Ponder

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 22 Mar 17

It’s that time of year again, when almost everyone in the USA is working on filing their taxes. It should be a simple matter of filling out the forms, “should be.” Think about this though. The Gettysburg Address has just over...

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Happy Treason Day! ; Ungrateful Colonials.

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 4 Jul 16

Oh haha! That's the first time I've seen it but I had a chuckle. For those who aren't really sure what the joke's about... I saw this little line posted on an image of the Union Jack. I had to laugh. It's the...

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Do you know why we celebrate July 4th?

marie2052 @marie2052 (3691) • United States 4 Jul 12

The 4th of July is called Independence Day. Its because we claimed our freedom from King George in Great Britain. We came to America for Freedom so our founding father Thomas Jefferson wrote this and it was agreed upon by July 2nd...

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"that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 25 Jun 11

"When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which...

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Conservatives vs the Declaration of Independence

speakeasy @speakeasy (4171) • United States 20 Oct 10

Many "conservative" groups are claiming that the current administration, the Democratic party, and "liberals" are doing (or trying to do) things which are against or will weaken the Constitution of the United States. These...

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Quote of the Day - I Don’t Worry About the Constitution - Rep. Phil Hare

laglen @laglen (19759) • United States 2 Apr 10

That says it all doesn't it? Confronted by an angry Tea Partier with a camera Thursday, an Illinois congressman said in front of several constituents at a town hall that he doesn't care whether the new health care law violates...

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Consent of the Governed? 61% say the Federal Government doesn't have it.

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 24 Feb 10

Feeling like you have no voice in the way this country is governed? Feeling like the country has moved far away from the concept of "the consent of the governed" as Thomas Jefferson so eloquently described in the Declaration of...

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Obama implores Americans to commit to a new declaration of independence...

newtondak @newtondak (3946) • United States 17 Jan 09

...from ideology and bigotry -- as he acknowledged the nation faces severe http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/17/train.dispatches/index.html It's a little hard to tell from the way Obama phrased his comment - whether he is...

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How many have read the Declaration of Independence ...1776

littlefranciscan @littlefranciscan (18327) • United States 26 Nov 08

The Declaration of Independence was drafted in 1776 and was really one of those documents of history that we were required to memorize..My most favorite part is: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created...

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From Where do Individual Rights Originate?

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 29 Oct 08

"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. That to secure...

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If you've never read the Declaration of Independence...

Shannon @visitorinvasion (7709) • United States 1 Oct 07

...these people read it beautifully. Kathy Bates Mel Gibson..and many other prominent actors apparently feel that most of us Americans don't have a clue. Watch the video and get a...

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vedeta87 @vedeta87 (23) • Romania 16 Dec 06

"National Treasure" is the sort of family-friendly contraption where smart people do a lot of stupid things in the service of entertainment. The minute Abigail Chase (Diane Kruger), the lass from the National Archives, snatches...

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