Founders, Signers, & Framers

Celebrating 242 Years

July 2, 2018

Dear Founders, Signers and Framers

Gentlemen:

Today July 2^nd is the 242^nd Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence being passed with no opposing votes. Two days later on July 4, 1776 the Declaration was ratified by some of you and actually signed by the remaining 56 Signers on August 2, 1776 who pledged, “with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

Most of you were what would have been considered the aristocracy, landed gentry, gentlemen farmers, lawyers and doctors, what some would call today the 1%, the A-listers. What I find interesting is that all of you had the most to lose and unlike the elites of today you were willing to lay it all on the line. Had you not succeeded who knows where you and we would be today.

You Gentlemen with a simple phrase “All men are created equal,” a phrase that probably had never been put to paper before got this great experiment the American Revolution going. After a hard-fought battle, some years later you kept that Revolution going with another simple phrase, “We the People.” With the nature of the Constitution some would say that the American Revolution became the American Evolution, which continues to this day. Gentlemen, you created an environment where all can attain whatever they strive for and achieve that third simple phrase which makes us all equal the “unalienable Rights of Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

I would like to ask you if we have lived up to the ideals which you worked and sacrificed for and had hoped we would attain? Are you surprised that your experiment has lasted this long?   What are your thoughts upon seeing how this country which you started 242 years ago has progressed and how we might take some advice from all of you and improve on it?

Maybe some who read this letter and previous ones can lend their thoughts on this Anniversary. In the meantime, I want to thank you the Founders, Signers and Framers for taking that bold step and risking it all to build a country which no matter what others may think is still the envy of all.

Thanks again and to all have a Happy Fourth of July!

Sincerely,

Andrew J. DeMarco

P.S. I guess “Born on the 2^nd of August” would not have worked as well as “Born on the 4^th of July.”