Showing posts with label Declaration of Independence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Declaration of Independence. Show all posts
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Voters get the ignorant elected officials they deserve

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James Madison's Montpelier is hosting a workshop for educators about how to teach history and government better. NBC29 has the story : ...
Friday, July 04, 2014

Gay Equality Protest at Independence Hall - July 4th, 1968

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A year before the Stonewall riots sparked what's become known as the modern gay-rights movement, pioneering advocates for gay equality -...
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Thursday, July 04, 2013

So You Think You Know the Declaration of Independence?

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Try this quiz, courtesy of the Heartland Institute : declaration_of_independence It's harder than it looks. I only scored 110. ...
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

The Glorious Second of July

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Writing from Philadelphia to his wife Abigail in Massachusetts on the third day of July, 1776, John Adams, a member of the Continental Cong...
Tuesday, July 03, 2012

Marking Independence Day with John Quincy Adams and Ronald Reagan

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At the Reagan Library Twenty-six years ago, during the twin celebrations of Independence Day and the re-dedication of the Statue of Libe...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Slow Brew

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It may be eleven days after the fact, but it is not too late to report on the Charlottesville Tea Party that took place on Independence Day ...
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Friday, June 12, 2009

Worth a Reminder

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I have mentioned this before , but it is worth remembering that today, June 12, is the anniversary of the adoption of the Virginia Declarati...
Friday, July 04, 2008

Remembrances of Independence Days Past - Part I

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Today (July 4, 2008) will see President George W. Bush speaking at Monticello's Independence Day celebration . He is the fourth sitting...
Thursday, July 03, 2008

Constitutional Fact Check

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Perhaps it is understandable, if not entirely excusable, when a historian makes a factual mistake in something he writes, when the mistake d...
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Friday, June 27, 2008

Lamentation for Independence Day

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The editorial board of the Jewish Daily Forward gets it exactly right in the June 26 issue, written in anticipation of Independence Day one...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

July 4th Report from Monticello

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Today, being the Fourth of July, was marked at the home of Thomas Jefferson with Monticello's 45th annual Independence Day Celebration a...
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Friday, June 15, 2007

History as Drama: Keegan Theatre's '1776'

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I'm playing a bit of catch-up now. Here is my review of Keegan Theatre's 1776 , now in production at the Church Street Theatre in W...