Hoping everyone has a great 4th of July and Independence Day. Even if one isn’t an American, I think there is still some wisdom and inspiration to be found in the words of Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress.
IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,
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 the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation…
Read or Download the full Declaration of Independence from the US Archives, or watch celebrities read it:
Of course no Independence Day celebration would be complete with out fireworks!
Or sadly, “Drunk Patriotic Rednecks.“
