by Ebonie Davis
The
Declaration of Independence was and still is more than just a scroll of written
complaints and opinions of a hand full of rebellious men who tried to create a
separate nation. It is a bookmark of tears and blood that has been engraved
into the history of the United States for an everlasting emblem of what it was,
what it is, and what it can become. This declaration is a multi-functioning
advocate “of the people, by the people, for the people” as Lincoln later said,
to enable them, as long as the United States shall exist, life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.
The
Declaration of Independence doesn’t slander King George III of Britain or any
citizen of that country at that time but states the facts of colonial neglect,
disrespect, and inequality. It is a mirror image of people’s standards back
then and a sample of what Americans could again become if history were to ever
repeat itself. A nation is no different
from the individuals who live in it because, like individuals, people as a
whole don’t always see what is in front of their eyes. People either look past
the wrongful doings of others, or they make excuses to make themselves believe
this is the way life should be.
Not the
founding fathers of this document. They clarified the gray areas and revealed
the ugly truth of King George III’s way of ruling. Doing so was a life-threatening
work of art for the designers, but never had the picture of freedom been drawn so
clearly. The thought processes of the men who wrote it and those who lived it
were real, nothing more or less than the truth.
The
Declaration of Independence has a mind and soul of its own. The stories,
experiences, fears, hopes, and dreams of our founding fathers rest on those sheets
of paper. The Declaration is not just some essay we are forced to read in class
but the courageous acts of heroic men and women that answered to their calling
and created a nation of freedom.
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