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What did the Second Continental Congress mean by “Nature and Nature’s God”? And what exactly is a self-evident truth? Abraham Lincoln lauded the Declaration as a “rebuke and a stumbling block to tyranny and oppression,” but others have dismissed it as relevant only to its historical moment or even as a statement of “self-evident lies.” Join us and discover the how and why the Declaration was written, what it meant in 1776, and why it remains important for freedom-loving people today.


Join Skagit Young Republicans: November 7th
Skagit PUD Building
9:00 AM Registration
9:30-11:30 Seminar
$10 Registration
Please R.S.V.P


This seminar 'The Declaration of Independence and its Critics' will be given by Trent England! Trent England directs the Citizenship & Governance Center at EFF and is the former director of EFF’s Citizen Action Network. Trent earlier served as a legal policy analyst and then a visiting fellow with The Heritage Foundation, where his research and writing focused on criminal law, constitutional issues, and judicial nominations. He also has served as the vice president of a small issues-lobbying organization and as an opposition researcher for a party campaign committee. Trent earned a law degree from The George Mason University School of Law and a bachelor of arts in government from Claremont McKenna College.