Friday, July 08, 2005

A nation is born

A nation is born: The Oregonian
A nation is born

David McCullough's remarkable new book, '1776,' takes Americans back to that first Fourth of July
Monday, July 04, 2005

A t 6 o'clock on the evening of July 9, 1776, the brigades of dispirited Continental Army troops facing an overwhelming British force in New York marched onto parade grounds to hear a newly written document read aloud. It was the Declaration of Independence."

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