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"...until they're forever banned....?
This July 4th, I was on the treadmill while our son was working in the garage on a cabinet. He had a tape going of [...]
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A dramatization of the representatives of the 13 colonies voting on a resolution to approve a declaration of independence from the British Crown
Excerpts from a letter from John Adams to his wife dated July 3, 1776, the evening before that fateful vote:
Had a declaration of independence been made seven [...]

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That [...]
There’s nothing quite like an electric violin, made from that all-American icon, the baseball bat.
And for Raven, some more American icons:
Ooooo-rah!

As Americans everywhere celebrate our nation's independence, Scaling the Hill would like to wish everyone a very Happy Fourth of July.
July 4th, 2009 finds Americans in turmoil. We do not like the direction our country has taken, and we admit that it veered off the rails several administrations ago. While not every unconstitutional deed happened on President Obama's watch, never have we [...]
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, [...]