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Tag Archives: Independence National Historical Park
“Rev War Roundtable with ERW” All Things Independence Day
As this posting goes live today, July 2, there is a link to the American Revolutionary War era. This was the day that John Adams, future president of the United States, believed would be the date Americans would celebrate as … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Congress, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Revolutionary War
Tagged Chris, Emerging Revolutionary War, Emerging Revolutionary War Series, Independence Day, Independence National Historical Park, John Adams, July Fourth, Rev War Revelry, Rev War Roundtable with ERW, Thomas Jefferson
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On this date in….1776
A few random musings on the importance of this date in American Revolutionary history… This day was the date that the assembled Second Continental Congress voted on the draft of a document that was Richard Henry Lee, a delegate from … Continue reading
Posted in Continental Congress, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, National Park Service, Preservation
Tagged American Independence, Continental Army, Declaration of Independence, Emerging Revolutionary War, George Washington, Independence Day, Independence Hall, Independence National Historical Park, John Adams, July 2, July Fourth, Philadelphia, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Richard Henry Lee, Signers of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas McKean
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Standing in the Room Where American Was Born
As I stood in Independence Hall, in the room where the Founders debated the Declaration of Independence, I suddenly started thinking of the opening scene from the musical 1776, when John Adams cries for independence while everyone else complains about … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Congress, National Park Service
Tagged 1776-the musical, Ben Franklin, Carpenter Hall, City Tavern, Congress Hall, Constitutional Convention, Continental Congress, Declaration of Independence, George Washington, Independence National Historical Park, James Madison, John Adams, The Signer, Thomas Jefferson
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