One Year On: A Glorious Frightening Fourth

When in the Course of human events... In the mottled shade of Culp\u27s Hill\u27s trees, Dr. Charles Horner read the words of the Declaration of Independence clear and loud. A year earlier, rebel troops surged past his home on Chambersburg Street chasing soldiers flying the flag of the United States crafted by that document. Cannon fire reverberated off of the walls of his home. And this morning, a year on, cannon fire again echoed off his walls. But today it was a salute fired atop Cemetery Hill. America was preserved. We hold these truths to be self-evident... [excerpt