“Sad will be the day when the American people forget their traditions and their history, and so longer remember that the country they love, the institutions they cherish, and the freedom they hope to preserve, were born from the throes of armed resistance to tyranny, and nursed in the rugged arms of fearless men.”
~Roger Sherman

American politician, lawyer, and a Founding Father of the United States, Roger Sherman was born on this day in 1721.