The True Day For Celebration

by KrisAnne Hall, JD

 

 

July 2nd is actually America’s #IndependenceDay

Our Independence was not the product of the Declaration of Independence, signed by John Hancock on July 4, 1776. On the contrary, the Declaration of Independence was the product of our Independence!

On June 7, 1776 a delegate from Virginia by the name of Richard Henry Lee proposed the “Lee Resolution.” The Lee Resolution was the 3 step process of declaring independence from our then government of Great Britain. The first clause of the Lee Resolution proposed:

“That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved;”

On July 2, 1776 the Lee Resolution was brought to the Continental Congress floor. It was debated, voted, and ratified into law by 12 of the 13 colonies, New York abstaining because the delegates claimed they were unsure of how their constituents wanted them to vote. Upon ratification of the Lee Resolution, our 13 colonies, became 13 independent sovereign governments. We were from that day forward no longer colonies, each State was then and there independent.

Our Independence Was a Legally Created Legislative Act just as binding as anything our Congress does today that is Constitutional.

Without the passing of the Lee Resolution, there would have been nothing to declare in the Declaration of Independence. As a matter of fact, the Declaration of Independence does not even claim to be the source of our independence, it merely boasts to be its declaration:

“We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly PUBLISH and DECLARE…”

The Declaration of Independence then goes on to quote the first clause of the Lee Resolution in its text.

Our founders did not establish July 4th as Independence Day, that was an honor given to July 2nd. John Adams documents this honor in a letter to his wife, Abigail on July 3, 1776:

“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.
—I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.

It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliverance by solemn Acts of Devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from this Time forward forever more.”

It Wasn’t Until 1870 That July 4th Became the National Holiday for commemoration of our independence.

Have a Blessed Celebration of Independence from a former tyranny and the subsequent building of a union of States in the name of Liberty First!

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The Great American Experience

by KrisAnne Hall, JD

 

So often I hear from well-intentioned people, “it’s too late to fix what’s wrong with our federal government” or “The government is out of control, it’s a good things we have the 2nd Amendment.” These statements truly break my heart to the core and here is why:

It is not “too late” and “the right to keep & bear arms” is not our only recourse. We are NOT fighting a king nor do we live in a kingdom. Regardless of how the federal government behaves, we are a Constitutional Republic.

With all due respect to everyone who visits this page- “too late” and “pick up arms” are the lazy, apathetic, and to the extreme- cowardice ways to deal with unlawful acts of our government. Whether it will be admitted or not, both of those statements are the exact same consequence: giving up. Our founders sacrificed EVERYTHING so “too late” & “pick up arms” are NOT the only and not our first options.

The tragedy of all of this that Americans have become so deceived, distracted, and discouraged by errant education & political propaganda that we have been trained into ignorance. As a consequence we feel defeated before we even begin and the absolute truth is- we haven’t even begun to use the tools given to us to remedy this government’s lawlessness.

There are so many things we ought to be doing, and so many things we must do before we give up. Americans must become educated on the problems & the solutions- because giving up can NEVER be an option & picking up arms should be recognized as sentencing our children and grandchildren to fight a war WE could have avoided with persistent, pro-active, and unrelenting peaceful acts, the acts of a people who know they are members of a Constitutional Republic and not deceived into acting as nothing more than subjects to a king.

So get miffed at the bluntness of my speech, but the truth remains the same. Don’t tell me there is nothing we can do. Madison, Jefferson, Mason, Warren, Otis, Attucks, & thousands more went to their graves disagreeing with you.

That is why we created LibertyFirstSociety.com to educate- equip- & ignite people into the remedies our founders laid before us. It is why I wrote my book Sovereign Duty– to give every American access to the solutions those who drafted the Constitution put in our hands. We are such a blessed people, given so many benefits from the sacrifices of our forefathers & mothers. It is time we honor them and never allow those sacrifices to be taken in vain or without due gratitude. So as we approach this year’s celebration for our Independence, please take the time to study up on

1. What our government was designed to do
2. What we have allowed our government to unconstitutionally do
3. What those who gave us America expected us to do when #2 became a reality

KrisAnneHall.com is dedicated to bringing these solutions to you simply and in a way that anyone can understand.

The foresaw the government we have today & they didn’t leave us defenseless.  They passed the mantle to us, it is time for the people to regain knowledge & virtue our founders used as a foundation for this Great American Experience.  In love, Samuel Adams voiced this truth as a warning to us, his future:

“No people will tamely surrender their Liberties, nor can any be easily subdued, when knowledge is diffused and virtue is preserved. On the Contrary, when People are universally ignorant, and debauched in their Manners, they will sink under their own weight without the Aid of foreign Invaders.”

Always be, Liberty First!

America- Still Worth Fighting For

by KrisAnne Hall, JD

 

Our contemporary American experience seems often Orwellian.  We have a Congress that denies our Rights in the name of security & political bias.  We have a judiciary that often denies the Constitution and violates it by asserting a power to make law.  Since 1861, Presidents have assumed power more fitting of a king than an executive.  Many patriots have expended a great deal of energy to see our Liberty protected and America’s greatness restored. We are all aware that there are still many struggles ahead and mountains yet to be conquered.  But let us be reminded of a hope that is rooted firmly in the original American experience that makes our land so exceptional.

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Government Revision of History Debunked

By KrisAnne Hall, JD

The “vetted” history textbooks in our education systems of both K-12 and post-secondary are replete with vital omissions and intentional deceptions regarding the formation of America, our battle for independence and the creation of our Constitution.  These errors have become so widespread and are taught with such “authority” that the majority of Americans, those who consider themselves conservative and liberal alike, have very little immediate access to information that speaks truth.  Even former president Barack Obama used this errant teaching of history to justify the government’s dismantling of Americans’ 4th Amendment requirements. In a speech delivered regarding National Security Agency data collection programs, the Obama gave this twisted distortion of American history:

“At the dawn of our Republic, a small, secret surveillance committee, born out of the Sons of Liberty, was established in Boston. And the group’s members included Paul Revere. At night, they would patrol the streets, reporting any signs that the British were preparing raids against America’s early Patriots. Throughout American history, intelligence has helped secure our country and our freedoms.”

It is hard to believe that some speechwriter could so shamelessly coopt the fight for liberty to justify the modern surveillance state. On the other hand, given the progressive education that the majority of our citizens have been brainwashed to believe maybe he thought nobody would notice or even believed his own words to be truth. What do you say we shed the light of TRUTH on this mind-manipulating rewrite of American history?

The Revolutionary War Was Not A Battle Between The British And Americans

It was a battle between British Colonists and their government. It was a battle to win independence from government intrusion, denial of liberty, and government control. It was a civil war, not a foreign war.

The Sons Of Liberty Were Birthed By Colonists Who Were Fed Up With The Government’s Intrusion Upon Their Privacy, Property And Denial Of Their Rights

It all began in February 1761 when James Otis, Jr., a former government attorney, brought a lawsuit against the government for its blatant violations of the colonists’ rights to privacy and security of property from warrantless searches and seizures. Otis blew the cover off the British tool called “Writs of Assistance.” These Writs were authority given to government agents, by law, that permitted these agents to arbitrarily demand access to colonists’ homes and businesses to search and seized anything the government agents determined to be suspicious.

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Otis had been in charge of the execution of these warrantless searches and prosecutions that resulted from the seizures. He began to realize just how tyrannical these Writs were.   He called them, “The worst instruments of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English Liberty ever found in an English law book.” When Otis was approached by some colonists who were victims of this arbitrary power, he decided to resign his post and take up a legal battle to secure the Liberty of the Colonists.

The Colonists had a long established right to the security of their property and to due process rights. Otis was there to defend them.

Otis argued for five hours, fighting the government in their courtroom. He lost the legal fight but birthed a spirit of independence in the hearts and minds of the colonists. This is what John Adams said about that day in court.

“But Otis was a flame of fire! With a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glare of his eyes into (the future), and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him…American Independence was then and there born. The seeds of Patriots and Heroes – to defend the vigorous youth, were then and there sown. Every man of an immense, crowded audience, appeared to me to go away, as I did, ready to take up arms against Writs of Assistance. Then, and there, was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain – then and there, the child of Independence was born. In fifteen years, namely in 1776, he grew up to man hood, and declared himself free.” (John Adams to William Tudor 29 March 1817);

Also in that courtroom that day were Samuel Adams and many of the other men who would become the founders of our Constitutional Republic. Sam Adams left that courtroom inspired to form the Committees of Correspondence, a citizen coalition group whose purpose was to connect the Liberty minded Colonists and help educate each other on the TRUTH in the face of government media propaganda.

The Sons of Liberty were the action group birthed out of the inspired members of the Committees of Correspondence.

The Sons Of Liberty Were Not A Government Surveillance Program

As a matter of fact, they were quite the opposite. The Sons of Liberty held rallies and protests against the government’s denial of their rights to privacy and due process. The protests took the form of mock hangings and mock funeral processions of government agents.   They were engaged in ANTI-GOVERNMENT surveillance defending Liberty from a government who was refusing to abide by their Constitutional Charters.

Our Battle For Independence was NOT About a Tax on Tea

Perhaps one of the greatest manipulations of the people through errant education of our history is the fallacy that we went to civil war with our own government, neighbors, brothers, and sisters in 1776 because of a tax on tea.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  The fact is that the tea had become a symbol of a much greater and larger despotism.  On January 1, 1774, founding mother Hannah Winthrop wrote to Mercy Otis Warren:

“Yonder, the destruction of the detestable weed, made so by cruel exaction, engages our attention. The virtuous and noble resolution of America’s sons, in defiance of threatened desolation and misery from arbitrary despots, demands our highest regard.”

Arbitrary despotism was the problem, not a tax on tea!  Since the early 1700s, under the rule of George II, the American Colonists were experiencing a gradual and ever increasing infringement of their rights; legislation without representation, complete government control of commerce, private businesses, the market place, warrantless searches and seizures, denials of due process, and imposition of foreign law just to name a few.  These blatant violations of the Rights of the colonists did not happen all at once, but so gradually that only a few noticed (Benjamin Franklin started writing about them in 1722).  By the time the tea was cast into the harbor, the people were being subjected to complete and despotic martial law, not because of threat of foreign war, but because the PEOPLE were standing up and speaking out against the government’s violation of their Rights; Rights that had been codified in English Law since 1100 AD.

Yet our textbooks still teach that the battle for independence was about a 3% consumption tax.  Perhaps if the people can be convinced that it was “high taxes” that caused us to fight for independence, then all the government needs to do to keep people pacified, complacent, and compliant is to make sure the taxes don’t get “too high.”  Meanwhile an unsuspecting people, disarmed of the wisdom of history, happily cling to their paper currency while once again their liberties are eroded by government despotism without notice.  If you are still skeptical about this truth, look at the Declaration of Independence; you will notice that taxation is the seventeenth grievance.  If the taxation had been the cause, surely it would’ve made it to the top five.  

Patrick Henry didn’t say, “Give me lower taxes or give me death.”  Our founders were not trying to create a stronger economy.  They were fighting for their lives to secure Liberty.  John Adams said it very plainly in 1765:

“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood.”

Those Who Do Not Know Their History Are Doomed To Repeat Its Mistakes

If those in power can rewrite our history to the point where Patriots fighting for Liberty become the very government oppressors they battled, we will become enslaved and never even know it. I am reminded of what Thomas Paine said about THEIR King in his dissertation called, “Common Sense”:

“He may accomplish by craft and subtlety in the long run, what he cannot do by force or violence in the short one.”

This blatant and ubiquitous distortion of reality has only one purpose – To convince the masses to submit to a level of government control that can only be equated to tyrannical Kings and Kingdoms. Our founders did not accept such tyrannical abuse of their God-given rights and we should not accept it now.

“I will to my dying day oppose, with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all the instruments of slavery on the one hand and villainy on the other as this Writs of Assistance is.”  James Otis, Jr.

What is the difference between this history and the history taught in today’s institutions of “education?” This one is based in fact and there’s is purely fiction.

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