Happy Independence Day 2023

Today I decided to do a special show on the meaning of this Independence Day holiday here in the United States of America. So many of us know about the Declaration of Independence and we know about the Revolutionary War, but the last few generations of Americans seem to know less and less about basic American civics.

To start, I go into a brief timeline of how the 13 colonies found themselves wanting to declare independence from the tyranny of King George III. Though they voted on the document on July 2, 1776, it wasn’t formally adopted until July 4, 1776. In fact, this would be one of the many feuding points between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, both of who died on July 4, 1826, just a few hours apart. It was the 50th anniversary of Independence Day.

While we know many of the key events and players, 56 people actually signed the Declaration of Independence. Long time radio personality Paul Harvey once did a special on the signers. In an effort to give you some of that same history, I also remind you of how these people were men of means. They were well educated and had vast fortunes. As opposed to other revolutions in history where men had nothing left to lose, these men had everything to lose.

Even after the was was won, our country didn’t have a draft of the Constitution until 1787, it wasn’t ratified until 1788 and it wasn’t put into use with the first Congress until 1789. It was during that time the Bill of Rights had to be added to make sure the people of our new nation were convinced the rights they have are really theirs and not the governments to give.

We need to ask ourselves why we have drifted so far away from our founding document. Why are we okay with elected politicians who believe they are there to rule rather than represent? Why are we no longer putting a strong emphasis on the teaching of American civics?

These are the questions I ponder on today’s show and hope it will lead you to think on this as well. Have a discussion with your family and friends and ask if we are truly free or are we living under the guise of freedom? Are we now living in a benevolent dictatorship, yet a dictatorship nonetheless? It’s time we stop thinking of government as the parents and we are the children. It’s time for our elected leaders to realize, they are here to serve us and not the other way around.

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