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In the summer of 1776, delegates from the 13 British colonies in North America gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to discuss and debate a bold proposition -
"that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states."
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Self-government...restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion ...
Let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.
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Hats off!
Along the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky:
Hats off!
The flag is passing by!
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