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To celebrate the historically significant writing of the Declaration of Independence... (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2017 OP
At first I misread the typo in the thread title as the "wilting" of the Declaration... The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #1
'These three documents, known collectively as the Charters of Freedom, elleng Jul 2017 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,217 posts)
1. At first I misread the typo in the thread title as the "wilting" of the Declaration...
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 12:21 PM
Jul 2017

Which seems to fit, unfortunately.

elleng

(141,926 posts)
2. 'These three documents, known collectively as the Charters of Freedom,
Mon Jul 3, 2017, 12:53 PM
Jul 2017

have secured the rights of the American people for more than two and a quarter centuries and are considered instrumental to its founding and philosophy of the United States.'

America's Founding Documents, from the Archives.

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