On the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence, an event occurred of which few are aware: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died. It was the nation's Jubilee. These simultaneous deaths warned of God's impending judgment, which goes unheeded and ignored to this day. The original thirteen colonies pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to form a government protecting everyone's right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America violated its pledge by failing to comply with the jubilee requirement in Scripture to free the slaves. Divine judgment inevitably followed in the form of Civil War. America is once again violating its covenant with God through abortion. While citizens agonize over failed economic and military policies, they ignore the continued violation.