06-30-2012
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This week on “Moyers and Company,” host Bill Moyers reminded us that July 4 is approaching and asked Americans to take the time this year to read one of our nation’s founding documents.
The moment Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence, messengers on horseback were dispatched to all 13 colonies so that it could be to cheering crowds, Moyers said. It was a document that was meant to be read out loud, and many of its truths still ring true today.
Moyers urged Americans to take time to read the Declaration of Independence this July 4, either privately to themselves or aloud with a group.
“The founders surely knew,” Moyers said, “that when they let these ideas loose in the world, they could never again be caged.” Read Full Story
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Chris Menke
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