Fourth of July weekend

"...for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor."

A moment of silence, please, for the brave men who signed this document. Over half of them died or had their lives, and even their families, destroyed during the revolution. We may be the longest running experiment in history in overthrowing a government and replacing it with something better for the majority of its people.

Lift a glass to the countless men and women who fought, in may ways and in very different Americas, for "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

Everything else is up to us.