As Americans prepare to celebrate the nation's 240th birthday, it might be well to recall how other generations observed the holiday. To be sure, the Founding Fathers were too close to the event to provide predictions, except, of course, for John Adams, whose heart and pen were inseparable. The nation's birthday, he wrote to wife Abigail…
Previously:
• 09/14/15: How expatriates are forging an Obama legacy
• 09/07/15: Will 2016 reprise 1836? Republicans hit the campaign trail in overwhelming numbers once before
• 07/10/15: Obama's desperation for an Iran nuclear deal mirrors a predecessor's futile arm-twisting
• 06/19/15: The tortuous history of Father's Day neckties
• 03/13/15: A presidential library for Obama's fairy tales
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