Semiquincentennial is July 4, 2026

Story Submitted by Bill Snyder  We have a rich American heritage founded on Christian principles. “One nation under God” is in our pledge of allegiance.  “In God We Trust” is on our currency and coins and is our national motto. In the early 1700s the Reverend John Wise preached that all men were created equal and that taxation without representation was tyranny and God's preferred formed of government was the consent of the governed, all of which language is recognizable in the Declaration of Independence. Why? Because in 1772 the Sons of Liberty, led by Founders such as Sam Adams and John Hancock reprinted and distributed the Reverend Wise's sermons, so four years late