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Month: July 2019

  • In 1919, a crowd gathers at the Ellipse for a Fourth of July celebration. (Photograph from Harris and Ewing Collection via Library of Congress)

    Happy Independence Day!

    Founding Father John Adams got our national celebration of Independence Day only half right. Yes, we celebrate with “pomp and parade,” but not on the day he predicted.

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