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As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, Paul Kengor and Grace Reilly attack this topic head-on as Paul recounts a <\/span><span>lecture<\/span><span> he gave for the <\/span><span>Institute for Faith and Freedom<\/span><span> at Grove City College.<strong> (READ MORE: The Truth About the American Founders and Slavery)\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=805\">The Flag That Makes Us Neighbors<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>They address what the Founders believed, the challenges that shaped their decisions, and what it took for America to end slavery heroically.\u00a0 <\/span><span>The principles of the Declaration of Independence laid the foundation and are what we will joyfully celebrate on this special July 4th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=803\">A Solution to the Midterm \u2018Trump Slump:\u2019 Pardon America\u2019s Forgotten Weaponization Victims<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the full episode below,\u00a0 brought to you by <i>The American Spectator<\/i> and Restoration of America.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationallogisticspost.com\/?p=801\">July 4th, or Everything a Giant Hamburger Represents<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" class=\"rumble\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v79yut2\/?pub=s6xwj\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Weekend Spectator<\/i><\/b><b> Ep. 60: The Moronic Idiocy of \u2018Municipal Socialism\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Weekend Spectator<\/i><\/b><b> Ep. 59: Could Caitlin Clark Play in the NBA?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Let\u2019s Recapture the Spirit of 1976<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A most wonderful article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-weekend-spectator"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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