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‘Glorious Lessons’ Review: John Trumbull’s Revolutionary Art
The Wall Street Journal· 3 weeks agoWith the notable exception of portraits, images dating from the American Revolutionary War are...
Viral Claim Says Every US Founding Father Was a Felon. Here Are the Facts
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoGetty Images (painting by John Trumbull) In the wake of former U.S. President Donald Trump's...
The Declaration of Independence wasn't really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFireworks shows commonly celebrate the nation's birthday. Pete Saloutos via Getty ImagesEditor’s...
Here’s what the first Fourth of July celebration looked like
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPast Fourth of July traditions looked different than today’s — long before the dawn of the annual...
Why the future of democracy could depend on your group chats
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoIs your social media group a budding democracy or someone's fiefdom? John Trumbull's painting,...
Opinion: What will you contemplate on July 4? Tell us in a letter
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe yearning for self-government in our founding document takes on new urgency amid insurrection and...
A brief history of the American Revolution
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoEngraving of Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth. | Wikimedia Commons Just under a decade before skirmishes in Concord and Lexington would set off...
Many American Revolutionaries were younger than you'd think when they declared independence from...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 12 months agoWashington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26,...
How Christianity Influenced America’s Notions of Equality
Time via Yahoo News· 7 months ago"'All men are created equal' coexisted comfortably with the understanding that not all were meant to...
Volunteers needed to clean Trumbull Cemetery
The Chronicle, Willimantic, Conn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 8—LEBANON — The Town of Lebanon Cemetery Commission is looking for volunteers to clean and re- set headstones at the Trumbull Cemetery. The cleaning will take place from 9 a. m. until noon ...
