By David Middlecamp -- We set the fireworks off on July 4, celebrating a “unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.” The second sentence is the one quoted most often.“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”Thomas Jefferson wrote it, and likely had copy-editing assistance from Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. That was an excellent group of writers.

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