On the Fourth of July, a local retailer had a patriotic ad in The Forum e-paper appropriately expounding the virtues of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence. To further add for accuracy, ...

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To the editor: Lately, we have all seen how tenuous our freedoms have become. Anyone with even a passing understanding of history is likely as frightened as I am. On a recent trip, I was walking ...

To save our Constitutional Republic we need to restore liberty and the principles contained in the Declaration of Independence. These principles include: 1. Sovereignty. Sovereignty is the primary ...

MONTAGNE: Finally, we got many letters thanking us for reading the Declaration of Independence as we do every July Fourth. Peg Ote Chin (ph) wrote in, `You've done it before and I've appreciated it, ...

I appreciate that The Spotlight covered the Reading of the Declaration of Independence at the Elm Avenue park on the 4th of July. I would just like to make a few clarifications to the article that was ...

My ancestor, Francis Lewis, signed the Declaration of Independence. What a privilege for me to be able to say that. The British destroyed his lands and wealth, ran off his children and took his wife ...

To the editor: Last year on July the Fourth I reflected upon the meaning and hard work of patriotism. I was optimistic we the people would continue in our long, albeit slow, commitment to live up to ...