July 04, 2023
Thomas Jefferson’s initial draft of the Declaration of Independence included a passage scolding King George III for his role in propagating slavery in America, taking “a distant people who never offended him, captivating & carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere.” People who benefited from slavery had this section removed from the final document.
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Why Do Americans Celebrate the Fourth of July with Fireworks?
Fireworks have been part and parcel of U.S. Independence Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, since its first celebration in July 1777. That celebration took place in the midst of the Revolutionary War, however, and explosions, artillery fire, and “bombs bursting
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