GR EG RUT H A N A L L-VO LU N T E E R N O N - P R O F I T M O N T H LY N E W S PA P E R SI N C E 1 9 7 6 VO L M M X X V I NO7 J U LY 2 0 2 6 F R E E TO R ESI D E N T S Fourth Write Ashfield Residents Reflect on Declaration of Independence at 250 Years July...
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GR EG RUT H A N A L L-VO LU N T E E R N O N - P R O F I T M O N T H LY N E W S PA P E R SI N C E 1 9 7 6 VO L M M X X V I NO7 J U LY 2 0 2 6 F R E E TO R ESI D E N T S Fourth Write Ashfield Residents Reflect on Declaration of Independence at 250 Years July 4, 2026, is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Adopted by the Continental Congress, it announced that the 13 American colonies were severing political ties to Great Britain. Drafted primarily by Thomas Jefferson, it served as a moral, legal and political justification for the American Revolution. The Ashfield News invited Ashfield residents — young and old, of all persua- sions — to reflect on this day, this docu- ment, through the lens of their own lives. These are their essays. Happy Fourth of July. — Peyton Fleming Debate Defines Us as Americans On the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, we stop to consider where we as a nation have come from and where we are
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