Happy Birthday America
Tomorrow marks the 249th birthday of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the document that declared our colonies’ independence from the mother country. At great risk and personal sacrifice, the colonists fought for nearly eight years to gain freedom from British monarchy oppression. The founding fathers who declared independence from England in 1776 realized their lives and possessions were at great risk. At the close of that eight-year war, many widows were left to raise their fatherless children. Truly, our country was founded on the sacrifices and blood of […]