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A Builder’s Reflection By Michael Herzberg Smith June 2026 Two hundred and fifty years ago, America's founders launched one of the most ambitious experiments in human history. They sought to create a society where free people could govern themselves. Today, we often take that idea for granted because we inherited it. Yet throughout most of human history, freedom was not considered the natural condition of mankind. Societies were built around kings, aristocracies, centralized

A Builder’s Reflection By Michael Herzberg Smith June 2026 In 1776, a small group of determined leaders signed a document that changed the course of human history. The Declaration of Independence announced more than the birth of a nation. It launched a bold experiment. Could free citizens govern themselves? Could a society built on liberty, responsibility, and opportunity endure without kings, aristocrats, or inherited power? Could ordinary people build extraordinary prosperi