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April 26th, 2024

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The Fourth of July in oratory

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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