Now more than Ever: Let's Remember what's in the Declaration of Independence

By Anthony B. Robinson
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For a number of years we gathered with a group of friends on the 4th of July to do the usual celebratory things — share a meal and hoist a cold one, watch fireworks, enjoy one another’s company. But we did one particular thing that, though it initially seemed a bit awkward, became the very heart of our 4th of July gatherings.

We read “The Declaration of Independence” aloud, each taking one or more turns as we worked through what is a relatively short document. The whole reading didn’t take more than 10 or 12 minutes. Reading it this way was sobering but also moving. It lent gravity to the celebrations of the day.

And it reminded us of what our forebears found so objectionable about the rule of King George III that they were willing to risk their lives, liberty and “sacred honor.” It is a protest against the arbitrary and coercive use of power by the government. Government, meant as the founders saw it, to protect people and their God-given and “inalienable rights,” was being used for just the opposite purpose: to attack the people. “We, the people,” objected.

Now is a very good time for U.S. citizens to review it. Here’s a link to the National Archives.

https://www.postalley.org/2026/01/27/now-more-than-ever-lets-remember-whats-in-the-declaration-of-independence/