In many respects, July Fourth may have appeared to be like any other day in that summer of 1776. But on this morning, when the first glimpse of light broke across the surface of the waters that had carried them to this new land, one imagines that the handful who...
On July 4, we celebrate the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, when our forefathers gathered at Freedom Hall in Philadelphia to sign the document that marked the birth of a new nation, the United States of America.Across America, “Old Glory” will fly...
Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door! (“The New Colossus,” a poem by Emma Lazarus, inscribed on the...
This week marks the anniversary of the Continental Congress approving the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, 1776. That fateful day not only sealed the future for those brave men who approved that document but that paper also established the principles by...
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