Tag Archives: Series: Independence Day Content

The July 4 death and extraordinary life of James Monroe, the 5th President of the United States.

〜Only in America〜

“To reaffirm and reestablish those old theories and principles which time and the unerring logic of events have demonstrated to be sound.”

〜A 1923 Independence Day discourse on the American Mind〜

“For strong and deep / Is the might sweep / Of their love for Freedom’s cause.”

〜A guide on how to appease the Founding Fathers this Fourth of July〜

Calvin Coolidge tells an interesting story about the rescue of a shipwrecked Japanese boy and the beginning of U.S.-Japan relations.

On July 4, 1888, Benjamin Harrison accepted the Republican nomination for president from his home, and then received some special guests.