Tag: July 4 1776

Celebrating Those Who Worked and Fought for U.S. Independence

Early American artists John Singleton Copley (1738–1815), John Trumbull (1756–1843), and Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) capture colonial, revolutionary, and post-independence America.
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John Adams: The Building of a Republic

I see a new nation ready to take its place in the world, not an empire, but a republic, and a republic of laws, not men. ~ John Adams
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Sons of Liberty : Independence – Sam Adams’ Speech to Congress

Sam Adams makes a final drive to the delegates in the Second Continental Congress to push for the signing...