Happy 248th Birthday, America – Def-Con News

The Statue of Liberty holds a torch in her right hand and since the tablet she holds in left arm is engraved with July 4, 1776—in Roman numerals—we understand it to be the Declaration of Independence.

This from wndnewscenter.org.

The great British writer, G.K. Chesterton, once said:

America is the only nation in the world that is founded on a creed. That creed is set forth with dogmatic and even theological lucidity in the Declaration of Independence.

Nearly 250 years ago, 56 men, representing some three million British colonists voted to approve the final wording of that revolutionary document. These men were each voting for their own death if, in fact, they were unsuccessful in their bid for independence.

Losing for them—and now for We the People—was not an option.

A month earlier, in June, the Continental Congress voted to approve…