The marble inscription at Trinidad’s Red House shows how America’s Declaration of Independence, with its God-given, unalienable rights and principles of human dignity and liberty, has inspired free nations worldwide.
Trinidad and many others adopted these ideals even though they never fought our Revolution.
Yet right here in America, Democrat politicians, teachers’ unions, and entrenched bureaucrats are actively working to undermine the very Declaration and Constitution that gave these principles to the world.
They push indoctrination in our schools, replace individual responsibility and faith in God with grievance and state dependence, and weaken allegiance to the nation that first proclaimed them.
We must fight these efforts unapologetically, starting in our homes, reclaiming our schools and institutions, if we are to pass this heritage to our children and grandchildren. The world is still watching what we do with the gift we were given.
Dr. Jack Wheeler (@DRJWheeler27045)
THE INSPIRATION OF AMERICA
Next to the entrance of The Red House, the Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago in the capital of Port of Spain, there is this marble inscription. It is clear that it is inspired by our 1776 Declaration of Independence and America’s founding principles. Trinidad’s population is 99% either Indian (from India), African, or a mix of the two. 64% are Christian, 21% Hindu, 6% Moslem, others undeclared – and all have these principles as a common bond between them.
Here in the Caribbean’s Trinidad is such a clear example of how America’s founding moral principles are such an inspiration to all humanity, of all cultures, creeds, and ethnicities. They are universal, America’s heritage as a gift to the world. This is the heritage of all Americans – something we need to cherish is we celebrate the 250th
anniversary of our nation’s birth. (photo ©Jack Wheeler)
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