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• Declaration's signers: so much to lose

  Hollywood directors have done justice enough to the language issued this day in 1776: They could hardly miss with a cry for rights to "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" and the Declaration of Independence's final words ratified by 56 men who "mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor." »Read Story...
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• Letters to the editor for July 4, 2009

  On the first Fourth of July, Americans were officially "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights ... Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." The Founding Fathers knew our rights were gifted by a higher authority, not by men who could take them away. But without a Creator, who guarantees our rights? It can only be other men, including some of whom are not certain about our original Declaration of Independence. »Read Story...
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• The past 100 years for July 4, 2009

  July 4, 1984: Arvada, Colo. — A municipal judge has ruled that there's nothing illegal about a motorcyclist taking his dog for rides on his "hog." Danny Miller was collared June 6 for riding his motorcycle with the 4-year-old Australian shepherd mix draped over the bike in front of the seat. »Read Story...
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