Editor’s Column: What are we celebrating on the Fourth of July?

Why is the Declaration of Independence sprawled across our front page this week? Because before the fireworks and the barbecues and the parades and the flag waving, 56 rebels (that’s not very many people, when you think about it) signed their names on a blatantly seditious document and announced their intent to break from English rule.
Why do we celebrate the Fourth of July? Because those 56 individuals, and their families and friends and many…