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Fox News Hosts Whine Jefferson's Monticello Makes People Feel Bad About Slavery
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFox News dedicated a segment on Sunday to complaining that Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation...
Opinion: Story of America's birth is more nuanced than usually told
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Declaration of Independence makes for a glorious story. A united front of downtrodden colonists,...
The Spirit of 1776 or 1619?
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCrystal Lucas-Perry, center, as John Adams in "1776," in which the performers identify as female, transgender and nonbinary, at the American Airlines...
Opinion: America's rich diversity will survive bad boy white supremacy
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn all the eloquence and enduring power of the Declaration of Independence, five words stand out:...
NPR Breaks 4th of July Tradition of Reading Declaration of Independence to Examine Its History
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor 33 years, National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” host Steve Inskeep has made it a tradition...
Many American Revolutionaries were younger than you'd think when they declared independence from...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWashington's crossing of the Delaware River, which occurred on the night of December 25–26,...
America’s founding fathers laid the framework for the cultural divisions we see today
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoOPINION: Fox News’ meltdown over Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello reminding visitors that an enslaver...
Presidents Day in the City of Presidents: Fun facts on John Adams and John Quincy Adams
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 4 months agoQUINCY − Presidents Day is a big deal in Quincy. The city is home to the second and sixth U.S....
Faith Works: Huzzah for July Fourth (or the Second)
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJohn Adams, our second president, was perhaps the most openly religious of our early American politicians. When it came to the anniversary of the...
The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNEW YORK (AP) — Kevin Jennings is CEO of the Lambda Legal organization, a prominent advocate for...