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Editorial: After 249 Years, Righteousness and Truth Must Prevail
AMERICAN CONTINENT, JUN 30 – America honors the legacy of its independence amid ongoing social and political challenges, reflecting on the revolution that shaped its founding principles in 1776.
- On July 4, 2025, Americans marked 249 years since the Declaration of Independence was formally approved by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.
- The event recalls the unanimous declaration by thirteen states that they are free and independent, citing repeated tyranny under British rule.
- In Bennington, festivities included a recitation of the Declaration, a 21-gun salute from the Green Mountain Boys, and the ringing of the USS Bennington bell thirteen times.
- Mike Chapman expressed disbelief that the kind of oppression experienced in the past could happen again, emphasizing the need to remain alert to prevent such tyranny from recurring.
- Despite political polarization, economic divides, and social challenges, commentators see hope in America’s chances to reach a 250th anniversary celebration next year.
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Mark Franke column: 249 years later, we still hold these truths to be self-evident
What is the American Dream that previous generations learned in school? The obvious answer is that it is opportunity for self-improvement, best realized in the United States over any other
Indie Yoyo: Declaration of Codependence | Bohemian | Sonoma & Napa Counties
Due to some strange alignment of the stars, this happens to be the 249th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence as well as the 249th edition of the North Bay Bohemian that I’ve overseen as editor. The whimsical side of me can’t help but find this somehow significant. As Galileo once opined, “Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.” I personally believe, however, that the universe was written with heaps of iro…
Editorial: After 249 years, righteousness and truth prevail
As we celebrate Independence Day on Friday, let us remember why we commemorate the Fourth of July, and then let us honor what it truly means. The unanimous Declaration of these thirteen States of America “When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature …
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