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How many people signed the Declaration of Independence? A history lesson on July 4th
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoJohn Adams even considered that date as America's more accurate birthday, reportedly turning down...
A newly discovered letter by Thomas Jefferson shows ‘a regular guy with financial burdens’
AOL· 6 days agoThe revelation comes in a previously unpublished letter that Jefferson, who was president from 1801 to 1809, wrote to a friend who acted as his financial agent in October ...
We Asked An Expert If Hot Coffee Is Healthier Than Iced, And You Might Want To Put Down Your Cold...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBut more research needs to be done,” he added. A 2018 study in Scientific Reports bears that out....
The Founders Didn't Want a Gerontocracy
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoRebecca Brannon is the author of From Revolution to Reunion: The Reintegration of the South Carolina Loyalists (University of South Carolina Press,...
These people still believe in democracy (little d) and are working to keep it.
USA TODAY via Yahoo Canada News· 7 days ago“We’re living in pretty divisive times right now,” she said. She cites a recent poll by the Brennan...
Why more and more Americans are painting their lawns
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt was written by: Ted Steinberg, Case Western Reserve University Read more: Ted Steinberg does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding...
Paint Me Like One of Your Generals
Free Beacon· 3 days agoTench Coxe was the Forrest Gump of Revolutionary America. Born in Philadelphia in 1755, he fled the city when it fell to the Patriots, a move that led...
Opinion: This July 4th weekend, a different way to celebrate the history we share
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoThe Fourth of July is a day to see US history up close, write Lonnie G. Bunch III, Carla Hayden and...
July 4th isn’t really Independence Day. And we Americans get other history wrong, too | Opinion
AOL· 6 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
Summer League 20th anniversary: How Las Vegas became the center of the NBA offseason
New York Times· 2 days agoTwenty years ago, the shape of the NBA offseason changed forever. Once players were drafted, teams...
