‘We Celebrate Not Just Independence Declared, but Independence Defended’

‘We celebrate not just independence declared, but independence defended’

Residents gathered on the Jamesport village green Friday morning to celebrate Independence Day with prayer, music and speeches honoring America’s founding and its promise as a free nation. The annual event, hosted by the Greater Jamesport Civic Association featured a selection of patriotic music by the Meeting House Chorus under the direction of Marguerite Volants. Source

We the People: A Call for Unity on Independence Day

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TheVoiceOfJoyce Today we celebrate our Declaration of Independence & remember we have a “Government by the People, for the People “!

The men who signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, pledged their “Lives, [their] Fortunes and [their] sacred Honor” to defend the idea of human equality. Ever since then, Americans have sacrificed their own fortunes, honor, and even their lives, for that principle. Lincoln reminded Civil War Americans of those sacrifices when he urged the people of his era to “take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last fu…