We Hold These Truths

It is time to focus on what the United States has gotten right in the pursuit of liberty in the last 250 years since the nation’s founding. Two beliefs undergird America’s experiment in liberty, and they are articulated in the Declaration of Independence. The book “We Hold These Truths” is a gripping narrative about the impact of these ideals, taking readers through three of the most epic and defining moments in U.S history -- the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World War II -- and onto today. Some people featured in the account include Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Julia Ward Howe, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton, Douglas MacArthur, Ronald Reagan, and Charlie Kirk. “We Hold These Truths” makes clear why the United States became the “land of the free and the home of the brave.”

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction
3. Section 1: The Revolution: Liberty Brought Forth Chapter 1: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!
4. Chapter 2: “The Shot Heard Round the World”
5. Chapter 3: Trying Times in the Cause of Liberty
6. Chapter 4: Thomas Paine’s Words Inspire a Nation
7. Chapter 5: “Victory or Death”
8. Chapter 6: Benedict Arnold’s Deceit at West Point
9. Chapter 7: Victory at Yorktown
10. Chapter 8: Justice Established – The Constitution
11. Section 2: The Civil War: Liberty Carried Forward Chapter 9: Lincoln’s Call to Action
12. Chapter 10: The Civil War Erupts
13. Chapter 11: The Emancipation Proclamation
14. Chapter 12: Frederick Douglass’s Fight for Liberty
15. Chapter 13: A Nation Reborn
16. Chapter 14: Justice Established – Post-Civil War Amendments and Women’s Suffrage, The 19th Amendment
17. Section 3: World War II: Liberty Passed On Chapter 15: Roosevelt Warns of Impending War
18. Chapter 16: Retreat and Counterstrike
19. Chapter 17: Major Frank Capra: “Why We Fight”
20. Chapter 18: Operation Overlord: The Normandy Invasion
21. Chapter 19: MacArthur Returns
22. Chapter 20: The Breakout at Saint Lo
23. Chapter 21: War’s End in Europe
24. Chapter 22: Japan Surrenders
25. Chapter 23: Justice Established - Japan and Germany adopt new constitutions recognizing God-given rights.
26. Conclusion Chapter 24 – Liberty in Peril
27. Chapter 25: Where We Go from Here: Flourishing in the Years Ahead
28. Epilogue
29. Closing Credits