Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years
January 8, 2026
Introduction
On July 4, 2026, Americans will remember how the Founding Fathers won their freedom and established ordered liberty through a system of limited government, federalism, and the rule of law. In understanding their crowning achievement, Americans must recognize that the Founding Fathers were, quite literally, fathers: Fifty-four of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence married and had a total of 337 children among them—an average of six each. Thus, when the men and women of the Revolution sacrificed their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to secure the blessings of liberty “for our posterity,” it was their children, their children’s children, and an expanding circle of Americans stretching across untold generations that they had in mind. The key to American greatness in the first 250 years remains the key to American greatness in the next 250 years: the family.
