Get to know the Lehigh Valley immigrant who signed the Declaration of Independence
After arriving from Ireland as an indentured servant, George Taylor called the Lehigh Valley region home for most of his life ...
Christopher Dummitt: The push Canada needs to achieve true independence
Although it’s not considered polite to say it, Canada has never really been an independent country. Not quite. A reading of a ...
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Religious liberty and the genius of the American founding
The solution they came up with is famously stated in the Declaration of Independence: “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” This revolutionary truth, combining human reason and divine revelation, ...
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D.G. Martin: Context gives clues about Meck Dec, Resolves
Regular readers of this column may remember my interest in the so-called Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence dated May 20, 1775, a date enshrined on North Carolina’s state flag.
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COMMENTARY: Putting ‘Independence’ back in Independence Day
When we fire up the grill on the Fourth of July, few of us take time to consider what “independence” is all about. We live in the land of liberty. We celebrate freedom. But independence? The ...