Chasing Liberty

Chasing Liberty

They Fought a Revolution Over Pennies – Now We Let Them Take So Much More

The Founding Fathers risked death for liberty. Now we just file for an extension.

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Jeff Charles
Oct 30, 2025
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When Thomas Jefferson finished writing the Declaration of Independence, the Founding Fathers knew it meant war. As he and the other Founding Fathers sat huddled in the second-floor suite of the Graff House, they understood there was a high likelihood that each man had just signed their death warrants.

Yet, they felt the British government’s treatment of …

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