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Unsullied by Falsehood: No John Trumbull

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In previews last year, the award-winning musical Hamilton included a short song at the top of Act 2 (between Thomas Jefferson's "What'd I Miss?" and "Cabinet Battle #1") that was cut before the musical moved to Broadway. The number was called "No John...

Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

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In March 2017, the Guilford Courthouse National Military Park celebrated its centennial, as the first Revolutionary War battlefield preserved by Congress. The site commemorates the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which took place near what is now...

October Highlight: Abigail and John

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In First Family: Abigail and John Adams, Joseph Ellis claims, “there were other prominent couples in the revolutionary era... But no other couple left a documentary record of their mutual thoughts and feelings even remotely comparable to Abigail and John...

Who signed the Declaration of Independence?

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56 delegates to the Continental Congress signed the engrossed Declaration of Independence. Most of the signers voted in favor of independence on July 2nd. Some delegates who voted for independence did not sign the Declaration, and some signers were not...

Presenting the Facts: John Adams Miniseries

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In this edition of "Presenting the Facts", we explore John Adams, the 2008 HBO miniseries. The miniseries was based on the book of the same name by David McCullough; the screenplay was by Kirk Ellis, and it was directed by Tom Hooper. With one exception...

Delegate Discussions: Answering the Great Question

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The Journals of the Continental Congress provide very few details about the events in late June and early July 1776. Thomas Jefferson kept notes on the proceedings, but for the rest of their lives he and other delegates tried (often in vain) to remember...

Unsullied by Falsehood: The Signing

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Last month, we debunked John Trumbull's Declaration of Independence. Often assumed to depict the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Trumbull actually chose to immortalize the moment when the Committee of Five presented their draft of the...

Delegate Discussions: Common Sense

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THIS day was published, and is now selling by Robert Bell, in Third-street (price two shillings) COMMON SENSE addressed to the inhabitants of America, on the following interesting SUBJECTS. I. Of the origin and design of government in general, with...

The Declaration Today

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Events, exhibitions, and news articles highlighting the Declaration of Independence in our world today Happy Centennial, National Park Service! The National Park Service was founded on August 25, 1916. To celebrate its centennial, here is a list of...

Delegate Discussions: Benjamin Rush's Characters

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In February 1790, Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote a letter to John Adams, disparaging the histories of the American Revolution that had been written thus far: "Had I leisure, I would endeavor to rescue those characters from Oblivion, and give them the first place...