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July 4th isn’t really Independence Day. And we Americans get other history wrong, too | Opinion
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoJohn Trumbull’s famous “Declaration of Independence” was a figment of the artist’s imagination....
Great Britain's team for 2024 Paris Olympics
BBC via Yahoo Canada Sports· 2 days agoKimberley Woods, Joe Clarke, Adam Burgess and Mallory Franklin have been named in the canoe slalom squad for the 2024 Olympics [Getty... Joe Fraser Harry...
Editorial: July 2 is America's true date of birth. And rebirth
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoJohn Adams, American patriot and the nation’s second president, believed Independence Day would be...
What to watch over Fourth of July to forget about today's politics
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoNot that the authors of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were flawless people,...
14 Fantastic Facts About the Fourth of July
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis was actually on June 28, 1776. Culture Club/Getty Images John Adams was so excited about the revolutionary events of July 2, 1776, that the very...
The Founders Didn't Want a Gerontocracy
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoAbigail Adams complained that Bache “in his paper calls the President old, querulous, Bald, blind, cripled, Toothless Adams.” Most of all, the Founders...
Jill Biden: the woman with the US president’s ear as he doubles down on staying in the race -...
EconoTimes· 3 days agoThe overwhelming majority of people who watched the first US presidential debate between incumbent...
‘Sequence of colors and sounds’: Behind the scenes of uptown Charlotte’s July 4th fireworks
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOn July 3, 1776, just a day after the Continental Congress approved the 2nd resolution declaring the...
Things to do around Boston the week of July Fourth
Axios· 5 days agoFrom Monday Night Raw to fireworks, there's something for everyone.
Is the stock market open or closed on July 4th 2024? See full holiday schedule
USA TODAY via Yahoo Finance Canada· 3 days agoHowever, the annual observation of the holiday only became a regular occurrence after the War of 1812, where events such as groundbreaking ceremonies for the Erie Canal and the Baltimore...