Independence Day 💯 No Survey

Pull out your phone and read the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence out loud. It is only 242 words. It will take you 90 seconds. It will give you chills.

They signed it anyway.

That silence is the sound of soldiers not marching down your street. That silence is the sound of a press printing whatever it wants without government approval. That silence is the sound of you getting to live your life—however messy, boring, or beautiful it is—without asking for permission. Independence Day

The stars are 50 distinct points, spread across a field of blue. They don't touch. They are separate. But they are bound together by the same stripes—the red of hardiness and the white of purity. Pull out your phone and read the second

Happy Independence Day. May we always be brave enough to defend the silence. It will give you chills