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On July 4, people all across these United States of America shoot off fireworks, grill meat and march in patriotic parades to celebrate the “birth of a nation.” But that’s not at all what happened on July 4, 1776. A singular “nation” in...
Originally written July 2003 Unfortunately, July 4th has become a day of deceit. On July 4, 1776, the Continental Congress formally declared its independence from Great Britain. Thirteen years later, after a difficult war to secure that independence, the new country...
