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When John Adams Predicted the Wrong Independence Day

It wasn’t one of Adams’s finest moments. When John Adams penned a letter to future first lady Abigail Adams on July 3, 1776, he guessed how future generations of Americans would celebrate Independence ...
The Patriot Ledger

John Adams thought Independence Day should be celebrated on July 2. Why is it on July 4?

In 1777, Quincy's John Adams did not get his way. The year before, on July 2, 1776, when the Continental Congress voted to officially separate from Great Britain he made a big prediction. John Adams ...
National Review

The Importance of the Fourth of July, According to the Adams Family

Washington Gave Bigotry No Sanction. We Should Do the Same It is an occasion for American citizens to deepen their understanding of their independence and the principles of the republic. In recent ...
Houston Chronicle

Celebrate the Fourth by reading the Declaration of Independence

Many years ago a reader, Wallace Hooper, wrote to the Chronicle publisher with this request: “To celebrate this and every July Fourth, print the entire text of the Declaration of Independence.” In ...
Detroit Free Press

How a rare copy of Declaration of Independence ended up in a Michigan museum

A rare, surviving copy of the Declaration of Independence ended up at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn. The historic document is receiving extra attention this year — and the next, America's 250th ...