Today in 1776, our founding fathers put their lives on the line and signed our Declaration of Independence from tyrannical rule.

Even more important in the history of our ongoing democratic experiment towards a better, more just society imo is that today in 1863, a 34-year-old college professor from Maine named Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain helped fend off repeated Confederate attacks against the left flank of the Union line at #Gettysburg #LittleRoundTop