The scene from the excellent HBO miniseries John Adams where Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and the rest of the delegates vote to declare American secession from Britain:
I have to believe that the mood of the room following the vote for the Declaration of Independence in real life was no less solemn. The look on their faces must have said it all: "Dear God, we just did that. That just happened! What have we done?!"
May we come to again honor those men who pledged their fortunes, their integrity, and their very lives so as to give us the blessings of liberty.
