Ian M. Swanson

•@NarelSwanson's husband. •@Hillsdale grad & Jesus-follower •Alum of @BenSasse, @SenatorRicketts, & @KFABnews •Views my own/RT is not an endorsement #GBR

[Indiana Pacers @Pacers]

Roll the tape 🎞️

[Ian M. Swanson @IanMSwanson]

I love Iceland and want to visit, but sharing this for the Omaha reference. 😀

[Eddie @chacaranda]

Good for her and all, but I feel like we always give Iceland way too much credit and attention

If you are the mayor of Omaha, Nebraska, you command double the economic power of the entire nation of Iceland

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

George Washington reads the Declaration of Independence aloud to his troops in New York City, in full view of British warships in the harbor, taunting them to fire at him.

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

ALREADY BUZZING. #UNITEDSTATES

[Benjamin Domenech @bdomenech]

“Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were great men too — great enough to give fame to a great age. It does not often happen to a nation to raise, at one time, such a number of truly great men. The point from which I am compelled to view them is not, certainly, the most favorable; and yet I cannot contemplate their great deeds with less than admiration. They were statesmen, patriots and heroes, and for the good they did, and the principles they contended for, I will unite with you to honor their memory.

“They loved their country better than their own private interests; and, though this is not the highest form of human excellence, all will concede that it is a rare virtue, and that when it is exhibited, it ought to command respect. He who will, intelligently, lay down his life for his country, is a man whom it is not in human nature to despise. Your fathers staked their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor, on the cause of their country. In their admiration of liberty, they lost sight of all other interests.

“They were peace men; but they preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage. They were quiet men; but they did not shrink from agitating against oppression. They showed forbearance; but that they knew its limits. They believed in order; but not in the order of tyranny. With them, nothing was “settled” that was not right. With them, justice, liberty and humanity were “final;” not slavery and oppression. You may well cherish the memory of such men. They were great in their day and generation. Their solid manhood stands out the more as we contrast it with these degenerate times.

“How circumspect, exact and proportionate were all their movements! How unlike the politicians of an hour! Their statesmanship looked beyond the passing moment, and stretched away in strength into the distant future. They seized upon eternal principles, and set a glorious example in their defense. Mark them!

“Fully appreciating the hardship to be encountered, firmly believing in the right of their cause, honorably inviting the scrutiny of an on-looking world, reverently appealing to heaven to attest their sincerity, soundly comprehending the solemn responsibility they were about to assume, wisely measuring the terrible odds against them, your fathers, the fathers of this republic, did, most deliberately, under the inspiration of a glorious patriotism, and with a sublime faith in the great principles of justice and freedom, lay deep the corner-stone of the national superstructure, which has risen and still rises in grandeur around you.

“Of this fundamental work, this day is the anniversary. Our eyes are met with demonstrations of joyous enthusiasm. Banners and pennants wave exultingly on the breeze. The din of business, too, is hushed. Even Mammon seems to have quitted his grasp on this day. The ear-piercing fife and the stirring drum unite their accents with the ascending peal of a thousand church bells. Prayers are made, hymns are sung, and sermons are preached in honor of this day; while the quick martial tramp of a great and multitudinous nation, echoed back by all the hills, valleys and mountains of a vast continent, bespeak the occasion one of thrilling and universal interest — a nation’s jubilee.”

- Frederick Douglass

[Matt Mehan @MTMehan]

Good Night, America!

[Ian M. Swanson @IanMSwanson]

@MTMehan I would be delighted to help.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Continental Congress HAS SIGNED A DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE! 

The UNITED STATES are OFFICIALLY INDEPENDENT from BRITAIN.

LIBERTY BELLS ring out throughout Philadelphia; the streets ERUPT IN ECSTASY.

[Taylor Gage @gagetaylor]

"A person who only loves his country when his tribe wins is not a patriot. He is a fanatic. And political fanaticism cannot sustain our great republic."

More in a new column from Ian Swanson at @OWHnews 👇👇

https://t.co/rJ6No1H73X

[Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️ @RepDonBacon]

A great editorial from my friend Ian M. Swanson. We live in a wonderful country and have much to be grateful for. https://t.co/nKJKc6jgFo

[Ian M. Swanson @IanMSwanson]

Read my special column in @OWHnews. My title: “A Patriotism that Lasts”

This Independence Day, read the Declaration. Consider what it says about the nature of man, government, and our responsibilities as citizens. We *should* be proud to be Americans! #America250 🇺🇸

[Omaha World-Herald @OWHnews]

In a Fourth of July-themed World-Herald op-ed, former KFAB radio host and U.S. Senate staffer Ian Swanson writes about patriotism. https://t.co/RUPO0Azcwf

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Continental Congress tables the draft of the Declaration of Independence and resolves itself into a Committee of the Whole, with Benjamin Harrison presiding.

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

WAKE UP! IT'S @USMNT GAMEDAY ����🇸

[History Calendar @HistoryCalendar]

How old were some of America’s Founding Fathers in 1776?

🇺🇸 Thomas Jefferson — 33
🇺🇸 Alexander Hamilton — 21
🇺🇸 James Madison — 25
🇺🇸 John Adams — 40
🇺🇸 George Washington — 44
🇺🇸 John Hancock — 39
🇺🇸 Benjamin Franklin — 70
🇺🇸 Patrick Henry — 40
🇺🇸 Samuel Adams — 53
🇺🇸 Thomas Paine — 39

The United States was founded by a remarkable mix of young revolutionaries and experienced statesmen.

[History Calendar @HistoryCalendar]

The birth years of Continental Congress members if the United States Declaration of Independence had been signed in 2026.

[Jack Butler @jackbutler4815]

Today in @WSJFreeEx, I explain why the Declaration of Independence matters today, with a little help from Calvin Coolidge and Abraham Lincoln:

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania John Morton agrees to break a voting deadlock and side with Benjamin Franklin in favor of independence.

[1776 Live @250YearsAgoLive]

Thomas Jefferson submits the final draft of his Declaration of Independence to Continental Congress.