![]() The clearest call for independence up to the summer of 1776 came in Philadelphia on June 7. That birth was unique, not only in the immensity of its later impact on the course of world history and the growth of democracy, but also because so many of the threads in our national history run back through time to come together in one place, in one time, and in one document: the Declaration of Independence. ![]() The birth of our own nation included them all. Military rebellion, civil strife, acts of heroism, acts of treachery, a thousand greater and lesser clashes between defenders of the old order and supporters of the new-all these occurrences and more have marked the emergences of new nations, large and small. The Declaration of Independence: A History
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