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Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness

On July 18, 1776, the American Declaration of Independence was proclaimed from this balcony by Col. Thomas Crafts.

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Without any politics or ideology: The Declaration of Independence is - in my honest opinion - one of the greatest documents in the history of the humankind. I get goose bumps everytime I read these words: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"...

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Uploaded on May 7, 2022
Taken on October 1, 2017