6/26/18
tags: Hot Topics, Independence Day, July 4, Fourth of July
Ten Myths for the Fourth of July By Ray Raphael Top 5 Myths About the Fourth of July By Rick Shenkman Old Glory: Patriotic Symbol? By Rick Shenkman Frederick Douglass: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? July 4, 1965: Gay protests held in Philadelphia Marist Poll reveals ignorance of July 4th history (7-5-11) Tea party gatherings on the Fourth mix the educational and the patriotic (7-5-10) NJ Plan to Laud Declaration Signers Fizzles (7-4-07) Independence Daze: A History of July Fourth [podcast 53 min] (6-1-09) The Hidden Racist History of the National Anthem By Jason Johnson (7-4-16) Did a Fear of Slave Revolts Drive American Independence? By Robert G. Parkinson (7-4-16) Thomas B. Slaughter: July 4th Quiz: Was the Revolution Caused by a Misunderstanding Over a Word? (6-30-14) Thomas Fleming: Channelling George Washington: The Missing Word in the Declaration of Independence (7-2-12) Ira Chernus: Why All the Fireworks on the Fourth? (7-2-12) Hsuan L. Hsu: Is Independence Day a Radical Holiday? (7-2-12) Thomas Fleming: Channelling George Washington: The Revolution that Changed the World (7-3-11) Jim Cullen: The Declaration of Independence and the American Dream (6-29-11) Thomas Fleming: Channelling George Washington: The Glorious Fourth!(8-16-10) Joel Richard Paul: How We Really Won Our Independence (7-5-10) Walter Russell Mead: London Fourth (7-5-10) Wade Graham: Jefferson: Founding Father and Connoisseur (7-4-10) William Marina: Reflecting on July 4, and the Meaning of the American Revolution Today (7-4-09) Carl M. Cannon: Frederick Douglass' July 4 Challenge Answered by Obama's Election (7-3-09) Adam Freedman: Independence, British-Style (7-3-09) Kathleen DuVal: Life, Liberty and Benign Monarchy? (7-3-09) Ray Raphael: Some Tips for Celebrating the Fourth (7-2-09) Anne Pastore: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (6-27-09) Rick Shenkman: Why Is the Flag so Important? (7-13-08) Black Founding Fathers: An Interview with Richard S. Newman (6-29-08) Richard S. Newman: Review of James A. Colaiaco's Frederick Douglass and the Fourth of July (2007) (5-23-08) Roderick T. Long: Is the Declaration's Preamble Irrelevant? (7-4-07) Howard Zinn: Patriotism & The Fourth of July (7-5-06) David Blight: Frederick Douglass's Great 4th of July Oration (7-4-05) David Waldstreicher: The Invention of the Fourth of July (6-18-05) William Loren Katz: Why Blacks Used to Celebrate July 5th (7-3-04) Timothy Walch: Why Can't We See the Declaration of Independence? (6-30-03) Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan: What Are We Celebrating on the Fourth of July? (7-9-02) William C. Kashatus: We Remember the Wrong Tom on July Fourth (7-5-02)
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