WILLIAM BENNETT, JOSEPH BENNETT: What the Fourth of July really calls us to do

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Rep. Matt Van Epps, R-Tenn., says the measure is meant to reaffirm the country’s founding values and push back on the rise of socialism in the Democratic Party. There is a habit of mind that built this country: the willingness to risk everything for what you will not live to see. That is the central lesson of the founding. The founders called it virtue, and they staked their lives on it, pledging their sacred honor with a firm reliance on divine Providence. Two hundred and fifty years ago, a group of men put their names to a declaration that could have been their death warrant because they believed people could govern themselves and that no king held a birthright to rule them. Arrayed against the colonies stood the greatest empire on earth — a professional army of more than 50,000 British regulars and hired Hessians, hundreds of cannons and the most