The nation's birth certificate ~ By Joseph Farah

By Joseph Farah Posted: June 29, 2009 1:00 am Eastern © 2009 Later this week we will celebrate the birth of this nation. We know where that birth took place – Philadelphia. We know who the parents were – we call them our "Founding Fathers." We know there were many witnesses and lots of documentation. We know the building in which this birth took place – Independence Hall. It's still there, a celebrated historical marker for visitors over the last 233 years. We know how much pain and sacrifice was involved with the birth of the nation and its aftermath. We know all this with certainty, in part, because there is a birth certificate for the nation drafted July 4, 1776, that has been well-preserved and observed ever since. That birth certificate, of course, is known as the Declaration of Independence. By the way, that document is not a computer-generated abbreviation. All the copies of the Declaration of Independence I have ever seen have been actual facsimiles. No one would expect a historically significant document to be chopped up, with names of key players removed, signatures excised and key details omitted. Thank goodness America has a birth certificate – one that the whole nation, including generations to come, can read and view and study and admire. It gives a legitimacy to our history and to who we are today. It leaves no doubt about from where we come. You can go see the actual document in the National Archives – just a few blocks from the White House. One thing you won't find in the National Archives, though I think you should, is a copy of the birth certificate of the first black president – Barack Hussein Obama. Don't you think that's strange? Don't you think there's a place for it in the National Archives, especially given the history of this nation and its conflicts over race and slavery? Don't you think it would be great if all Americans could go view the actual birth certificate of Barack Hussein Obama just like tens of thousands will be viewing the nation's birth certificate in Washington this week? [CONTINUE READING]