Why do we stand on the courthouse steps and read the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights every year?
It’s a birthday announcement, and it’s addressed to us.
More than that, it’s a birthright manifesto. As for how many year, you might ask your favorite historian whether we are 248 years old on July 4 or 241? It’s a subject they love to debate.
It depends on whether we became a nation wi…
