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The Source of Title - Part I: Freedom Written, Freedom Insured
by Ben DuBay
| 2026/02/15 |
This year marks two anniversaries that deserve to be considered together:
Two hundred and fifty years since the birth of American independence.
One hundred and fifty years since the formal birth of title insurance.
These are not separate stories. They are chapters of the same one.
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When George Washington assumed command of the Continental Army, he did not inherit a finished nation. He inherited uncertainty. A collection of colonies without uniform structure. A people united in cause, but not yet in permanence.
He led not merely through battle, but through endurance.
He held together an army that often lacked pay, supplies, and certainty. He commanded through winter at Valley Forge. He preserved morale when defeat seemed near. His leadership was not theatrical; it was disciplined. Measured. Steady.
When victory came, he did something even more extraordinary. He relinquished power. He returned to private life. He understood that liberty is not secured by permanent command, but by durable structure.
The discipline that sustains insured trust mirrors that understanding. It is not dramatic. It is not visible from afar, but it is steady.
When an abstractor traces a chain without assumption, when an examiner isolates a defect and insists upon cure, when a searcher verifies rather than presumes, they participate in the same structural logic that allowed liberty to endure beyond war.
The Republic is not maintained by proclamation alone. It is maintained by proof: proof that land granted remains land owned; proof that conveyance is clear; proof that obligation is satisfied; proof that what is recorded can be relied upon.
Two hundred and fifty years ago, leadership secured independence. One hundred and fifty years ago, structure secured ownership. Today, the record continues both.
Property rights and freedom remain inseparable and the record remains their meeting place.
Happy Birthday Mr. President ~
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