Read It Again: A Declaration and a Resolution for Independence Day

Read It Again: A Declaration and a Resolution for Independence Day

The Fourth of July isn’t just hot dogs, sweet corn, and backyard fireworks. It’s the day a ragged band of farmers, printers, and shopkeepers told a king to shove it — and then risked everything to back that up. They didn’t light sparklers. They lit a fuse that still burns today. And maybe this year, it’s time for your own Independence Day Resolution — the one thing you’ll stand up for when they come for it.

They didn’t do it for the sake of noise. They did it because they’d had enough: taxes they never approved, armies in their streets, speech they weren’t allowed to speak. And when the time came, they didn’t run from it. They sat down and put it in writing — a promise to each other and a warning to the world.

This year, before you fire up the grill, take ten minutes to read the Declaration of Independence out loud. Let the words hit your ears the way they were meant to: as a reminder that freedom is never free — and never guaranteed. The lines you know — “We hold these truths to be self-evident…” — are just the start. The rest? A list of every insult, every injustice, every reason they signed away their safety for the chance at freedom.

If your kids roll their eyes, good. Read it anyway. You’re planting seeds they’ll need someday.

✍️ READ THIS: A Declaration & A Resolution

📜 The Declaration of Independence (Excerpt)

IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united 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 the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

— That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…

This is just the start. Read the full Declaration — every grievance, every bold promise, every reason they risked it all?

👉 Read the full Declaration of Independence (official transcript)

From Thursday, July 3, through Sunday, July 6, 2025, to celebrate Independence Day 🇺🇸, the National Archives will display several historic documents related to the Declaration of Independence. pic.twitter.com/pw2WTvduMS

— U.S. National Archives (@USNatArchives) July 1, 2025

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🔥 Your Independence Day Resolution

We make resolutions every January to lose weight, save money, or waste less time. Why not make one on the Fourth of July, too? A promise that means something more: freedom isn’t inherited — it’s earned, defended, and passed on. The signers pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. So what’s yours? Maybe it’s standing up for your kids. Speaking out when it’s easier to stay quiet. Refusing to be bullied into silence. Big or small, it matters.

👉 Drop your Independence Day Resolution in the comments. Tell the world — then pass this on. The fuse they lit is still burning. Keep it lit.

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Sit back and listen as legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey retraces the dangerous road the 56 Declaration signers took—pledging their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor—reminding us just how steep the price of freedom has always been.

“Posterity! You will never know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”
— John Adams

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If you believe freedom is worth defending, share this. Let’s see what America still stands for.

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