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Fourth of July History
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- 12 visitors recommend:
New York Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Source: NARA
City: New York, State: NY
- This online exhibit features short biographies of Alexander Hamilton, John Lansing, Jr., and Robert Yates.
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- 9 visitors recommend:
Massachusetts Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Source: NARA
City: Boston, State: MA
- This online exhibit features short biographies of Elbridge Gerry, Nathaniel Gorham, Rufus King, and Caleb Strong.
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- 7 visitors recommend:
U.S. teens don't understand Independence Day
Source: Fox News
- Twenty-two percent of teenagers who responded to a recent survey commissioned by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation didn't know from what country America declared its independence -- and that's only the beginning. (07/04/01)
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- 7 visitors recommend:
'Liberty's Kids' cartoon to debut in May, 2002
Source: Yahoo News
- A new children's animated series, "Liberty's Kids," will launch on Memorial Day, 2002 on PBS. The program's stories, told through the eyes of two young teenagers working in Benjamin Franklin's print shop, will dramatize inspirational moments from the American Revolution. Walter Cronkite will do the voiceover for Franklin. (11/01)
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Text of The Declaration of Independence
Source: FoundingFathers.info
Author: Thomas Jefferson
- The full-text of the declaration from the Second Continental Congress, dated July 4, 1776.
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- 3 visitors recommend:
The Declaration of Independence: A History
Source: NARA
City: Philadelphia, State: PA
- A detailed account of the Declaration, from its drafting through its preservation today at the National Archives.
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- 4 visitors recommend:
Currier and Ives founding fathers prints
Source: CurrierandIves.info
- A gallery of scans of Victorian-era prints of the founding fathers and early Americana, e.g. George Washington, John Hancock, American Revolution, Columbus, the Pilgrims. Images are free for use as clip art, and some are for sale as art prints.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
The Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Source: NARA
- 55 delegates attended the Constitutional Convention sessions (only 39 actually signed the Constitution). This online exhibit features short biographies of each of these founding fathers.
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- 2 visitors recommend:
The Declaration of Independence: High-resolution scan
Source: NARA
- A 315KB high-resolution version of the original Declaration.
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