Compact With Freedom

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Compact with Freedom
August 2, 2013 8:42 am

In a few years, we will celebrate the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Plymouth colony and the Mayflower Compact. When these Pilgrim families arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts, they signed the Mayflower Compact. It was an agreement among themselves, with God as their witness, to build a community and abide by its laws.

They set a pattern that was followed by others: Puritans, Quakers, Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Baptists. It was the foundation of our constitutional government.

A century and a half later, the descendants of those who came to this land pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to found this nation. Most of them paid a price. A number forfeited their fortunes. Some forfeited their lives. None sacrificed their honor.

Kirby Anderson's opinion