America was founded during the so-called Enlightenment, itself a product of humanism, the Reformation and the Renaissance.

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The Declaration of Independence is a revolutionary document that transformed governance from monarchy to democracy and established that all people are created equal.

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I loved the Fourth. I mean, as an 11-year-old back in those halcyon days of the ‘50’s, who wouldn’t have? Up in the morn, gobbling down Corn Flakes, running down Skinner to the park, joining the guys ...