A Fourth of July Jobs Message from Abraham Lincoln
Twenty-three score and five years ago (235 years), our ancestors, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Abigail Adams and many other lesser-known patriots created a new nation – the United States of America. They dedicated themselves to the revolutionary ideal that all people on earth are created free and equal. Read the rest of this entry »
Garden of the Gulf: Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island, through a serendipitous combination of geography and physics, manages to defy its latitudinal destiny. Read the rest of this entry »
Happy Independence Day, America: Fun Fourth (of July) Facts
In celebrating the event, Britannica has put together some unusual facts surrounding the American Independence Day (broadly speaking). For example, did you know that the last signature on the Declaration of Independence, by Thomas McKean of Delaware, wasn't placed on the document until 1777? Read the rest of this entry »
Anniversaries in China and the United States
Two of the world's great nations are celebrating beginnings this week: in China, the founding of the Chinese Communist Party 90 years ago, on July 1, 1921; and in the United States, the approval of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
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American Vexillomania (Or, Crazy About the Stars and Stripes): 5 Questions for Historian Marc Leepson
"Nowhere on earth do citizens fly their nations, as Americans do, everywhere they live and everywhere they go." So writes journalist/historian Marc Leepson in his book Flag: An American Biography. We talk with Leepson about the American flag on the occasion of the nation's 235th birthday. Read the rest of this entry »
The Voting Age: How Low Should We Go?
Forty years ago today, on July 1, 1971, the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, lowering the voting age to 18. Now, some call for lowering the age further to 16. What do you think? Read the rest of this entry »
The People’s Princess: Diana in Pictures
Today would have been Princess Diana's 50th birthday, an occasion that inspired many to wonder where she would be, had it not been for that fateful night in Paris. Read the rest of this entry »
The End: Jim Morrison
This Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Doors front man Jim Morrison. Or does it? Read the rest of this entry »
In the Dark Depths of Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave National Park, established on July 1, 1941, is home to an amazing underground network of lakes and rivers, interconnected caverns, and remarkable geologic features like stalactites and stalagmites. Read the rest of this entry »
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (Contrarian Westerns: A Film Series)
Judge Roy Bean, the "law west of the Pecos," was an unusual man, even in an unusual time and place. Fortunately for him, Paul Newman came along to play him—and play him to the hilt—in John Huston's 1972 film The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean.
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