WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. James Lankford issued the following news release:
US Senator James Lankford (R-OK) is marking America's 250th birthday by telling the story of our founding, honoring the sacrifices that built the nation, and reminding Oklahomans that the American experiment in freedom is still alive today.
Ahead of the semiquincentennial, Lankford launched a video series from the halls of the US Capitol, sharing the moments and people behind the Declaration of Independence. Lankford told the story of June 11, 1776, the day Thomas Jefferson sat down to write the Declaration (https://x.com/SenatorLankford/status/2065226317142831554), the life of John Peter Muhlenberg, the pastor who carried his faith from the pulpit into battle (h...