In the year 1774, when patience could no longer withstand the tyrannical hand that was bearing down upon the American colonists, they began to devise ways and means to rid themselves of the yoke of oppression that was upon them. Right soon thereafter they set forth a declaration over in North Carolina in which the first announcement was made that finally burst forth throughout the realm of the colonies and culminated in that wonderful document known as the Declaration of Independence.
After that we entered into the mighty conflict with the mother country, and, as a result of several years’ fighting, in 1781, at old Yorktown, freedom from the yoke of England was gained. It had, indeed, been bought at a great price. The entire land was seemingly drenched and baptized in the precious blood of our sires.
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