As Americans, we are in the midst of celebrating the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence from Great Britain. That original date of July 4, 1776, kicked off an extraordinary epoch in the history of Western Civilization. After years of intense, and far more bloody than often remembered, civil war, the 13 colonies had won their independence.
In 1787, just over a decade from the original Declaration, our Founding Fathers came together in Philadelphia to replace the inadequate Articles of Confederation with a “more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” (Preamble to the Constitution)
At the Constitutional Convention assembly, they had no guarantee of consensus. Benjamin Franklin stood to address the convention’s president, George Washington, and his fellow delegates with these words,
“In the beginning of the contest with Britain, whereas we were sensitive of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard and they were graciously answered. Have we now forgotten this powerful friend? Or do we imagine that we no longer need His assistance?”
History records that, seeking Divine guidance, our Founding Fathers produced the U.S. Constitution, now the oldest surviving foundational government document in the world, as we prepare to celebrate its 250th birthday.
Although there have been increasing numbers of Americans who question the wisdom of the truths embodied in the Constitution, or are merely grossly ignorant concerning what they are, a significant number of Americans appear to have absorbed many of its truths.
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