The World’s Three Foundational Documents (non-scriptural)of Freedom: They are: 1. The Declaration of Independence adopted on July 4, 1776 by all 13 colonies; 2. the Constitution, with its Preamble, signed by 39 Founders on September 17, 1787, then finally ratified by all 13 states; and 3. The Bill of Rights which became a part of the Constitution on December 15, 1791. <<>> At the time these documents were written, debated, then adopted by the citizens of the 13 states of a fledgling nation over 99 percent of the world lived under tyrannical government. Since the United States became a free and independent nation the principles of freedom established by 122 wise men raised up, as Jefferson wrote, by "Nature’s God," freedom has encompassed the globe, but it was bought with the shedding of much blood, the currency of freedom. Question: Can this nation’s freedoms be lost? How?

Source: America’s History - # 617 - 143 - 4-29-06 - dsc.