The people who launched the American experiment were remarkably young.Alexander Hamilton was just 21 years old when he dropped out of college to join the Continental Army, Betsy Ross was 24 when she sewed the stitches across the first American flag, James Monroe was 18 when he was wounded at the Battle of Trenton, and Thomas Jefferson was 33 when he penned the closing words of the Declaration of Independence, pledging "our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor" to the cause of American independence.It’s easy to miss how radical Jefferson’s words were at the time.
The signers of the Declaration were committing treason against the most powerful empire in the world, a crime they almost certainly would have paid for with their lives had their revolution not succeeded.Not only did they win their independence, they did something even more rare and impressive: they stuck the landing.History is full of revolutions that promised liberty only to descend into tyranny, but that didn’t happen here.
Instead, the founders created a new, self-governing nation.Interestingly, the chief author of the Constitution, James Madison, was 36 years old at the Constitutional Convention; Alexander Hamilton was just 30.THE UNWINNABLE WAR AMERICA'S FOUNDING FATHERS FOUGHT AND WON CHANGED HUMAN HISTORY FOREVERPerhaps that is one of the reasons America’s story has always resonated so deeply with me.
My husband Charlie was 18 years old when he founded Turning Point USA.Like so many young Americans throughout history, he never believed youth was a reason to wait.
While many people spend their younger years asking what they want from life, Charlie spent his time asking what responsibility God had for him.My husband lived a life dedicated to empowering the youth of this nation to embrace traditional American values, while often emphasizing the importance of organizing your life through a lens of God, family, country.
By the grace of God Charlie was able to create something that will en...