The Declaration Of Independence Songs

When my daughters were in a Key of Liberty class and received the challenge to memorize the Declaration of Independence I decided to put it to music. I divided the Declaration into eight parts and put each part to music. However, I did not make a song for the grievances of the king, but they are listed in one of the posts. I hope this will be helpful to you and your children as you study and learn about this inspired document that is such an important part of our nation's history.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Part 6 -- OUR SEPARATION

Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
Thomas Jefferson

Part 6 Song Video