SUSQUEHANNA TIMES — Page 7
selebrate our American heritage
1 just Powers from the Consent of the Governed.... Declare That these United
Colonies are, and of Right ought to be , Free and Independent States...
And for the support of this declaration, with a firm Reliance on the
Protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives,
our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776
te our forebears,
of American Industry