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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
As it turned out, my schedule and my sentiments coincided in such a way that I mostly forgot that yesterday was the 4th of July until the day was almost upon us. I did, however, have some thoughts…
Since it was the 231st anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, I did the same thing I do every 4th of July. I read the whole document again. Have you read it recently? It’s actually quite a fascinating read. It includes a long list of the alleged crimes of King George III of England against the American colonies, including the following:
- For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
- For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
- For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
- For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
- He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
- He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
- He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
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