Independence Is a Daily Choice

“We celebrate independence… but are we really free?” Independence Day isn't what you think

it is. Most people believe America gained independence on July 4, 1776,

but that's not actually when it happened. That was just the day they announced they wanted independence.

The real independence came seven years later in 1783 when the Treaty of Paris was signed.

Seven years of war, starvation, and death. And here's the thing nobody talks about.

When those founders signed that declaration, they knew they were signing their death warrants.

If the British won, every single one of them would hang. They weren't brave heroes in paintings.

They were terrified men betting everything on an impossible dream. Some lost their