4th of July Article

David Barton - 01/2000

http://www.wallbuilders.com/LIBissuesArticles.asp?id=82

This year marks 239th year since our Founding Fathers gave us our National Birth Certificate. We continue to be the longest on-going Constitutional Republic in the history of the world. Blessings such as these are not by chance or accidental. They are blessings of God.

On July 2, 1776, Congress voted to approve a complete separation from Great Britain. Two days afterwards – July 4th – the early draft of the Declaration of Independence was signed, albeit by only two individuals at that time: John Hancock, Presid...

Interesting Facts about the Signers of the Declaration of Independence

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_signers_gallery.html#

1.   Who was the oldest Signer in 1776? Benjamin Franklin. He was 70.

2.   How many signers were born in Europe? Eight.

3.   Which Signer had the most children? Carter Braxton with 18 children from 2 marriages.

4.   Which Signer was also a musician? Francis Hopkinson was a lawyer and a musician.

5.   What happened on July 4, 1826? ...

View the Declaration of Independence:

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

Sign the Declaration of Independence: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_sign.html

Creating the Declaration of Independence - A Time Line

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_timeline.html

June 7, 1776
Lee Resolution
Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from Virginia, read a resolution before the Continental Congress "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."

Lee Resolution Document

June 11, 1776
Committee of Five Appointed
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THE FIRST FOURTH

http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/ah/1977/4/1977_4_28.shtml

John Adams was certain the second of July would be celebrated “by succeeding generations, as the great anniversary Festival.” Writing to his wife Abigail on July 3, 1776, the day after the Continental Congress had voted momentously for independence from Great Britain, Adams said of July 2:

“It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

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http://www.usa-flag-site.org/song-lyrics/america.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_the_Beautiful

America, The Beautiful Lyrics
by Katharine Lee Bates - 1913

Note: some sources omit the second verse and substitute its refrain for that of the fourth verse.[5]

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed His grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern impassion'd stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
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Headline News

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/default.aspx?tabid=79

Israeli gov't showing cracks over settlements

Pressure from US President Barack Obama to destroy small Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria may be sowing the seeds of discontent in Israel’s tenuous national unity government.

Charles C. Krulak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_C._Krulak

General Charles Chandler Krulak (born March 4, 1942) served as the 31st Commandant of the Marine Corps from July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1999. He is the son of Lt. Gen. Victor H. "Brute" Krulak, USMC, who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam.

Legacy

General Krulak famously referred to the Strategic Corporal and the Three Block War as two of the key lessons identified from the deployments in Somalia, Haiti and Bosnia. These concepts are still considered vital in understanding the increasing complexity of modern battlefields.

General Krulak explained some of his warfighting philosophy in an interview with Tom Clancy in Clancy's nonfiction book Marine. Clancy referred to General Krulak as "Warrior Prince of the Corps".

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