Revolutionary Spirit: A View of the Scotch-Irish Influence in America

From back cover: This Enlightenment philosophy would form the backbone of America's Declaration of Independence of July Fourth. In addition, the torch that was passed from Lexington to burn brightly for independence in Mecklenburg County during the war for independence, and that continued to spread the fire of freedom throughout America afterward, was in the steady grip of the Scotch-Irish.. Those with the names Jackson, Houston, and Crockett would, in time, become symbols of American freedom.