Tuesday, July 04, 2006

July 4th

Some interesting History reading, on this Forth of July 2006.

You can find the below list HERE or take your pick of what might interest you from list below.


Top 5 Myths About the Fourth of July By HNN Staff

Old Glory: Patriotic Symbol? By Rick Shenkman

The Biography of the Flag By Marc Leepson

Why Does Hollywood Ignore the American Revolution? By Clint O’Connor

Happy July 5th! By Louise Mirrer, James Oliver Horton and Richard Rabinowitz

Why Americans Are Crazy About the 4th of July By Walter A. McDougall

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? By Frederick Douglass

A July 4th to Lament What's Happened to Our Country By George Beres

Why Tom Paine Is Now So Popular By Harvey Kaye

Why Blacks Used to Celebrate July 5th By William Loren Katz

Gettysburg: A Battle Worth Remembering this July 4th By Patrick W. Gavin

What Are We Celebrating on the Fourth of July? By Robert Jensen and Rahul Mahajan

We Remember the Wrong Tom on July Fourth By William C. Kashatus

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