Bob Tregilus@elaterite@mastoart.social

At 250, the idea of America is still alive, barely: "..That all Men are created equal..with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.." Lofty philosophical ideals that America has yet to achieve, however, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice," if we vote.

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A color landscape photo showing the room inside Independence Hall in Philadelphia where where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States. The room features Georgian architecture with faux columns and carved masks and scrolls. Two rows of tables with muted green felt table cloths, books, candles, and quill pens, face a single table on a raised area in the back of the room. George Washington's "Rising Sun Armchair" is facing the room behind a small table on the riser. Dr. Benjamin Franklin wrote: "I have often looked at that picture behind the president without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting sun." Let's ensure that sun raises again--VOTE!
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On display at Independence Hall in Philadelphia is this original Dunlap broadside of the Declaration of Independence "previously owned by Col. John Nixon, appointed by the sheriff of Philadelphia to read the Declaration of Independence to the public on July 8, 1776, in the State House yard; presented to the park by his heirs in 1951."
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Jul 4, 2026, 19:11 UTCen