Bill of Rights & Declaration of Independence

[Annihilator]

All should read this on this holiday weekend .......and remember our history

The Bill of Rights (Amendments 1 - 10)

Preamble to the Bill of Rights *Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine. THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a...

nccs.net

Text of the Declaration of Independence

declaration.fas.harvard.edu

 

[benstt]

Yes! I'd add the rest of the Constitution as well. The checks and balances, division of power, rule of law, etc. are part of what makes this a special place. Our country has avoided falling apart or into a dictatorship for over 230 years in large part because of the ideals in that wonderful document. The Founders were brilliant men. It does us all good to read what they wrote and appreciate how unique it is and how revolutionary it was in 1787.