When the Founders pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor, they weren’t making a donation - they were entering into a covenant. They understood the cost - and chose to bear it for the sake of liberty.
Today, the struggle looks different. It’s not fought on a battlefield, but in what we remember, what we teach, and what we allow to be forgotten. The values written into the Declaration - faith, freedom, virtue, and courage - still matter. And they still require people willing to stand for them.