Independence Day

Happy Independence Day, everyone!

This morning, in honor of the birth of our great nation, I went online and read the Declaration of Independence. I'd read it before, of course, in History class back in high school, but it was a real pleasure to read it again today and reflect on the ideas that went into the Declaration, the men behind them, and the risks and sacrifices those men faced.

It's a brief document, and can be found online at http://www.ushistory.org/Declaration/document/index.htm . It's definitely worth a read for both the ideas it contains and the beautiful language used to portray them.