This July 4th, the United States celebrates its 250th Birthday. So with that in mind, we turn to the United States Declaration of Independence as this week's quote. It is a document born in a particular historical moment, yet built around an enduring human aspiration: that people possess inherent dignity, rights, and a voice in shaping their own future. Perhaps the quiet power of a declaration: not merely to describe what was, but to remind us of what is still worth striving for.  

"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." 

Preamble to the Declaration of Independence

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This week's Care Package to Explore further...

More about the Declaration of Independence and America's Founding Documents

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration

A 4th of July Playlist...

• "American Girl" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen
• "American Pie" by Don McLean

• "Party In The U.S.A." by Miley Cyrus
• "Firework" by Katy Perry
• "Mr. Brightside" by The Killers
• "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd [1]

• "Chicken Fried" by Zac Brown Band
• "Wagon Wheel" by Darius Rucker
• "American Nights" by Zach Bryan
• "Livin' in America" by James Brown

• "The Star-Spangled Banner" by Whitney Houston 
• "America the Beautiful" by Ray Charles 
• "God Bless the U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood 
• "God Bless America" by Kate Smith 

• "Yankee Doodle Dandy" by James Cagney 
• "You're a Grand Old Flag" by George M. Cohan

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Wishing all a most most beautiful day wherever this may find you!