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July 4th isn’t really Independence Day. And we Americans get other history wrong, too | Opinion
Durham Herald-Sun McClatchy· 19 hours agoJohn Trumbull’s famous “Declaration of Independence” was a figment of the artist’s imagination....
14 Fantastic Facts About the Fourth of July
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 17 hours 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...
Editorial: July 2 is America's true date of birth. And rebirth
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoJohn Adams, American patriot and the nation’s second president, believed Independence Day would be...
Great Britain's team for 2024 Paris Olympics
BBC via Yahoo Canada Sports· 14 hours agoOliver Morgan Eva Okaro Honey Osrin Hector Pardoe Adam Peaty Ben Proud Matthew Richards Toby Robinson Duncan Scott...Zak Perzamanos Izzy Songhurst...
The Founders Didn't Want a Gerontocracy
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 2 days agoThey wanted leaders who embraced flexibility and change in shaping what a thriving democracy could look like. When Benjamin Franklin...tempestuous...
What's open and closed on July 4th? Details on stores, restaurants, Walmart, Costco, Target, more
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoHowever, the annual observation of the holiday only...occurrence after the War of 1812, where events such as groundbreaking ceremonies for the Erie Canal and the Baltimore ...
‘Sequence of colors and sounds’: Behind the scenes of uptown Charlotte’s July 4th fireworks
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuly 3, 1776, just a day after the Continental Congress approved the 2nd resolution declaring the...
Today it seems like Americans all hate one another. But our country was founded on friendship
Los Angeles Times· 20 hours agoIn this age of partisan rancor, when political rivals often describe each other as enemies, we...
What to watch over Fourth of July to forget about today's politics
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoNot that the authors of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were flawless people,...
Fun Fact: Americans Spend Over $1 Billion Dollars on Fireworks Every Year
Redbook via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCheck out these 4th of July facts that you probably never knew. Brush up on trivia and impress your...