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4th of July fun facts you didn’t know
WE ARE THE MIGHTY· 3 days agoShe served for over 17 months before being discovered and honorably discharged. Inventor Benjamin Franklin created many things that we still use today,...
Facts about July Fourth
Reading Eagle, Pa.· 4 days agoJuly Fourth. It’s a day of significance that stretches back to the formation of the United States even though for many it’s come to be known for picnics, barbecues and fireworks. So, as we celebrate ...
Deseret News archives: The day the presidents died
Deseret News· 3 days agoWashington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, as well as Benjamin Franklin and Alexander Hamilton. On July 4, 1826, 50 years to the day after the...
The Founding Fathers: What Were They Really Like?
Biography· 4 days agoExplore the real personalities of the Founding Fathers of the United States, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin ...
Opinion: The Fourth of July reminds us that the way to enjoy freedom is to promote pluralism
Deseret News· 5 days agoOn July 4, 1776, just hours after adopting their Declaration of Independence, the Continental...
US Independence Day 2024: History, significance, and facts about July 4
Pinkvilla· 4 days agoThe United States observes US Independence Day, a major national holiday, on July 4th each year to...
What I learned walking the Freedom Trail as a recent American citizen
Deseret News· 3 days agoIn my history classes throughout high school and college, I was disoriented, confused and...
How can we pull together instead of pulling apart? A conversation with Danielle Allen
Deseret News· 5 days agoIt was a document that was about transformation and ending domination. The language of life, liberty...
The Declaration of Independence
Minnesota Reformer· 3 days 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...
July 4th isn’t really Independence Day. And we Americans get other history wrong, too | Opinion
Durham Herald-Sun· 3 days agoJohn Trumbull’s famous “Declaration of Independence” was a figment of the artist’s imagination....