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A newly discovered letter by Thomas Jefferson shows ‘a regular guy with financial burdens’
AOL· 4 days agoThe revelation comes in a previously unpublished letter that Jefferson, who was president from 1801 to 1809, wrote to a friend who acted as his financial agent in October ...
July 4th isn’t really Independence Day. And we Americans get other history wrong, too | Opinion
AOL· 5 days agoJohn Trumbull’s famous “Declaration of Independence” was a figment of the artist’s imagination. That’s not the only myth we believe about our founding. | Opinion
Today it seems like Americans all hate one another. But our country was founded on friendship
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoIn this age of partisan rancor, when political rivals often describe each other as enemies, we...
Hot dogs, fireworks, parades: Americans love July 4th. How Independence Day evolved.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoBut the Declaration of Independence wasn’t signed for two more days, and it was Adams’ successor,...
This July Fourth, Remember the ‘Founding Scoundrels’
The Bulwark· 5 days agoAS AMERICANS CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY, we tend to want to remember the ideal promised by the new nation: that the United States would be a place...
On This Day, July 4: Continental Congress adopts Declaration of Independence
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoA rare historic copy of the Declaration of Independence written in Thomas Jefferson's hand is on...
Let’s Make July Fourth a True Independence Day
The Bulwark· 5 days agoThis is not to say that the Declaration isn’t worth celebrating. “The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men,” Douglas said. Until the...
On this day in history, July 4, 1802, the U.S. Military Academy opens at West Point
AOL· 5 days agoThe United States Military Academy opened in West Point, New York, on this day in history, July 4, 1802 — after Henry Knox had the idea during the Revolutionary War.
How Presidents and First Ladies Have Celebrated Fourth of July at the White House Through the Years
WWD· 5 days agoAside from the crowds that will turn out Thursday night to watch the fireworks that will festoon...
How Presidents and First Ladies Have Celebrated Fourth of July at the White House Through the Years
WWD via Yahoo Canada News· 5 days agoFrom Thomas Jefferson's first Independence Day celebration at the White House in 1801 to Joe Biden's...