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Which president died on July 4th? There was more than one.
WDVM· 14 hours agoWASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Forty-five people have held the office of President of the United States...
Deseret News archives: The day the presidents died
Deseret News· 14 hours agoThe five members are, from left, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Philip Livingston and Roger Sherman. | Alonzo Chappel, National...
Explained: July 4 and the story of the American Declaration of Independence
Indian Express· 15 hours agoMore than 150 years after the British first ventured into North America to build permanent colonies,...
14 Fantastic Facts About the Fourth of July
HowStuffWorks· 17 hours agoJohn Turnbull's "Signing of the Declaration" painting shows Thomas Jefferson and the drafting committee presenting the document to John Hancock. This was...
July 4th isn’t really Independence Day. And we Americans get other history wrong, too | Opinion
Durham Herald-Sun· 19 hours agoJohn Trumbull’s famous “Declaration of Independence” was a figment of the artist’s imagination....
What to the slave is the Fourth of July?
Minnesota Reformer· 19 hours agoEditor’s note: Below are some excerpts from a speech on the meaning of the Fourth of July delivered by Frederick Douglass in Rochester, New York, July 5,...
The Declaration of Independence
Minnesota Reformer· 19 hours agoWhen in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to...
Veterans urge Mainers to discuss January 6 on July 4
Maine Morning Star· 21 hours agoThe signers of the Declaration of Independence, which America celebrates this week, all knew they were putting their lives on the line. Benjamin Franklin...
Washington County deed transfers for May 19-26, 2024
The Herald-Mail· 21 hours ago...2024, in Washington County are public record in the Maryland Department of Assessment and Taxation office: Residential: Troy Pryor to Natsag Odhuu, 22247 Jefferson Blvd., Smithsburg, $295,000 Random Real Estate LLC to Cody Clark, 8609 Sharpsburg Pike, Fairplay, $178,000 Dwight Swauger to Uriah...
Remembering George Washington’s Legacy on Independence Day
The Dispatch· 24 hours agoBut by 1796, he was not the same man. A political adversary, Thomas Jefferson, left a withering...
