ViewpointsOpinionRe-reading IndependenceSavePrintA rare handwritten copy of the U.S. Declaration of Independence is seen at the West Sussex Record Office in Chichester in south England, Britain, on April 27, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKayGary L. Gregg7/3/2019|Updated: 7/3/2019CommentaryThe United States has much to celebrate this Fourth of July.Share this articleLeave a commentGary L. GreggAuthorGary L. Gregg is director of the McConnell Center at the University of Louisville and editor of “Securing Democracy—Why We have an Electoral College.”Author’s Selected ArticlesA Return to Constitutional and Political Normalcy?Oct 28, 2020A Call for Reasoned Discourse in the Age of Impassioned PoliticsAug 27, 2020Socrates and the Mob 2020Jul 30, 2020Radicalism Begets RadicalismJun 25, 2020Related TopicsIndependence DaySafetyhappinessLIBERTYtyrannyDeclaration of Independence