July 2026/ Issue #25 "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 is my favorite sentence from the Declaration of Independence. The Continental Congress actually voted for independence on July 2, 1776, not the 4th. Only John Hancock and Charles Thomson signed the Declaration of Independence on the 4th. Most