EDITOR’S NOTE: On this, the anniversary of our nation’s independence, we think it is important to publish these words that our forefathers inked 249 years ago in declaration of our fledgling nation’s independence. When so much divisiveness exists in our nation and in our world in 2025, these words should serve as an important reminder of the unity that our nation’s founders demonstrated as they gathered in Philadelphia to stand against tyranny in the name of equality for all in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Following is a transcription of the Stone Engraving of the ...