My great, great, great, great, etc. grandfather risked his life & the lives of his loved ones to sign the Declaration of Independence and, more importantly, the Constitution. HE was a progressive - a man with the courage, wisdom and foresight to create this Nation. Today, 230 years later, a progressive is someone who cares enough to save the rights, the ideals and the spirit of those two great documents and the Nation they represent.

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