‘We have been given a great gift of liberty in this nation’ Put yourself in the buckled shoes of the Founding Fathers centuries ago, picking up a quill pen and then signing your name on a document, the Declaration of Independence. This could have been signing your own death warrant. Recently, Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary …‘We have been given a great gift of liberty in this nation’ Put yourself in the buckled shoes of the Founding Fathers centuries ago, picking up a quill pen and then signing your name on a document, the Declaration of Independence. This could have been signing your own death warrant. Recently, Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary …