I crouch alongside the Pennsylvania State House silently. I peek out from the edge towards the front door. Two guards stand on each side engaging in small talk. With a groan, I slump back against the building. How am I supposed to get in? I lean my head against the wall and look up toward the sky. The window directly above me suddenly opens and I freeze in fear.
“Why are you opening that window? It’s out in the back hall!”
“Well, I thought we could leave the door open and have a nice breeze flow in.” An older man around his forties replies.
I hold my breathe until his I hear his footsteps fade away into the other room. Of course, I could get in through the window! I build up the courage to stand up and peek through the window. A back door to the main room is open a crack. Inside I can see about fifty men crowded in that one…
I breathe out a sigh of relief and try to calm down my heartbeat.
“Anyways, back to the discussion. The Declaration Of Independence is a very important document that will win us our freedom. With this document, we will not longer have to be ruled by the iron fist we call King George.” Loud cheers and applause sound from the room.
I bring my hand to the doorknob and slowly twist the door open. I step out and close the door behind me. I creep up the back door of the main room and watch from the crack of it that is open. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and a few others stand at the front of the room. The men in the room converse between themselves as Jefferson writes on the Declaration. Jefferson continues to write for a period of time before placing the feather pen back into the ink. John Adams holds up a hand and the room goes silent.
Thomas Jefferson clears his throat before speaking up, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of…