Conservative Blogger: The Americans Who Risked Everything...

In honor of Independence Day, radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh III reprints an address written by his father and it is worth the read. Rush Limbaugh, Jr. spent years researching this address which he delivered many times.

A brief excerpt...

A total of 86 alterations were made. Almost 500 words were eliminated, leaving 1,337. At last, after three days of wrangling, the document was put to a vote.

Here in this hall Patrick Henry had once thundered: "I am no longer a Virginian, sir, but an American." But today the loud, sometimes bitter argument stilled, and without fanfare the vote was taken from north to south by colonies, as was the custom. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

There were no trumpets blown. No one stood on his chair and cheered. The afternoon was waning and Congress had no thought of delaying the full calendar of routine business on its hands. For several hours they worked on many other problems before adjourning for the day.

What kind of men were the 56 signers who adopted the Declaration of Independence and who, by their signing, committed an act of treason against the crown? To each of you, the names Franklin, Adams, Hancock and Jefferson are almost as familiar as household words. Most of us, however, know nothing of the other signers. Who were they? What happened to them?

To find out, please read the rest of the elder Limbaugh's address over on RushLimbaugh.com. It really is an amazing piece of work and, unlike the chain email that has circulated for the past few years called "The Price They Paid," it provides a lot of perspective and detail.

It is a must-read.

William Smith
ConservativeBlogger.com

Posted by WilliamSmith on July 5, 2007 11:26 AM to Conservative Blogger