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Frederick Douglass’ Historic Home in Washington, D.C. To Reopen on July 4
Travel+Leisure via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe historic site will be welcoming visitors for the first time in 3 years. Jonathan Newton/The...
Here's a list of July 4 fireworks, events in Seacoast NH and southern Maine for 2022
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIndependence Day is Monday, July 4, and cities and towns in Seacoast New Hampshire and southern...
Are you ambivalent about celebrating July 4? You’re not alone.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEditor's note: This story was originally published in 2021. We are resurfacing it for July 4, 2022....
Independence Day special: Live readings of speeches about freedom
The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 29—Abolitionist Frederick Douglass made a speech about Independence Day that was louder than any fireworks. Delivered in 1852 and known by a question that Douglass posed halfway through ...
Granderson: What to Black Americans is the Fourth of July?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Juneteenth celebration featuring re-enactors as Buffalo Soldiers. (David J. Phillip / Associated...
The 'lost history' of Frederick Douglass: Columbia author details abolitionist's relationship with...
Howard County Times, Columbia, Md. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNov. 4—Howard County residents are no strangers to Maryland Area Rail Commuter trips across the Baltimore-Washington region. But what today's commuters might not know is they are riding the ...
Celebrate July 4th with fireworks, readings, performances: 13 things to do this weekend
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt's the Independence Day weekend with all the best traditions of the Seacoast back in full swing....
Happy 4th of July! Here's where to see fireworks in Louisville
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 12 months agoNothing says summer like celebrating the Fourth of July with friends and family with grilled food,...
Freedom Papers: 6 books to inspire on this Independence Day
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass famously asked during an...
Charita Goshay: July 4, 1776, was only the start
The Repository via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne of the most important things about Independence Day is the one we most tend to forget: Freedom is not a one-and-done; it is a living, breathing gift...