It is our family tradition -- which currently draws groans and eye-rolls, but we press on -- to read the Declaration of Independence aloud (skipping the long list of grievances for the younger children's sakes). It's awkward at first but by that last paragraph, people often begin to stand and cheer.

Join us. Remember what once made this nation great--in principle if not yet in practice.

"The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." ~ source debated, but no less true

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