AMERICA AT 250: Light the Fire of Freedom with Independence Magazine

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"But what kind of society will we have if our responsibilities are set by man, and not by God?"
–John Witherspoon


There are times in a nation's life when memory begins to fade into myth, and myth into forgetfulness. The story is still told. The symbols are still honored. But the fire that once gave them life burns low.

We're living in such a time—on the threshold of America's 250th anniversary.

This is why Independence Magazine exists. Not to gather dust on your coffee table, but to strike flint on stone and light the spark of American renewal. To call our people back to the virtues that made this nation free: Duty, faith, courage, and resolve. Indeed, the very concept of self-governance requires those virtues if we hope to succeed.

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The American story was written by men who pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to an impossible cause—and prevailed. The mission before us is no less daunting: To prove, in a cynical age, that the republic they built is worth fighting for still. The 250th anniversary of American independence should not be a funeral procession for a dying idea. It must be the hour we prove ourselves worthy of God's renewing hand.

Independence Magazine is about reminding Americans that trust in God forged this country—and that its future is still ours to shape. Not by leaders and institutions alone, but by the strength and wisdom of our people.

That is where this magazine stakes its ground.

Independence Magazine is our free gift to you for supporting Restoration of America in our shared effort to take back our country. Read Issue One online for free here.

Inside these pages you'll find the sharpest work Restoration News has ever produced—essays with teeth, reporting with backbone, and arguments that don't hide behind polite Beltway platitudes. This isn't dry analysis. It's a call to remember our inheritance, a challenge to measure ourselves against it, and a charge to recover it boldly. Because a nation without conviction is already halfway to surrender. And because our republic—even battered and misled—is ready to declare itself free once more.

What you'll find in our inaugural Winter 2026 issue:

  • How American conservativism is reshaping itself for the 21st century
  • Why 2026 is shaping up to be the year of American energy dominance
  • Inside the surprising threat to our children from commercial surrogacy
  • What the MAGA movement is doing to conquer blue states
  • Why Gen Z is rejecting Big Trans and returning to God
  • and more from Restoration News.

The republic won't restore itself. Restoration of America is doing the work—and Independence Magazine is the proof.

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Hayden Ludwig is Founder and Managing Editor of Restoration News, launched in 2023, and Executive Director of Research Operations at Restoration of America. He specializes in election integrity and dark money, authoring the first investigations into the 2020 election "Zuck Bucks" scandal and unearthing the world's largest dark money network run by Arabella Advisors. He publishes regularly at RealClearPolitics, American Greatness, the American Spectator, and the American Conservative. Hayden is also a member of the board of directors at the National Legal and Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

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