Graeme J.W.Smith M.R.I.N.

About Me

Name:Graeme J W Smith

Location:Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Ex-Glasgow, Scotland I moved to the USA in 1996 and am now a naturalized American. I have a consulting business which advises small to medium sized businesses about the best use they can make of IT.

In a past life I have been a youth worker, Tall Ship Captain and I also worked in the yacht building industry in the UK and USA.

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Primarily - I get my view on the world from these sources. Comparing the International sections of the BBC and the NYT often leaves you wondering if people live on the same planet! Google News presents all of the world's news organizations - perhaps a balanced view the world?

Thursday, July 04, 1996

US Declaration of Independence, July 4th 1776

This blog is 220 years after the actual event!

Thomas Jefferson is generally credited with drafting the US Declaration of Independence. However large parts of the US Declaration were extemporised from the Scots Declaration of Arbroath of 6th April 1320.

Not surprising as two Scots learned men – James Wilson and the Rev John Witherspoon – helped draft it....... Even the preamble railing against King George is a copy of the Scots preamble railing against King Edward! James Wilson and John Witherspoon figuratively put their heads on the block with the other founding fathers by signing the Declaration.

Labels: independence, tartan day