This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
A Saner Fourth of July and the Declaration tale
A lengthy historical meditation on the 1909 sane Fourth of July, fireworks restrictions, and the long arc of Independence Day festivities. It details the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence, the debate over July 2 versus July 4, and the later preservation concerns for the document, including 19th and early 20th century exhibitions and ink fading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
Sister
Washington
United States
America
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Col. McKean
Delaware
Jefferson
Continental Congress
House
Dickinson
John Hancock
Congress
Charles ‘Thompson
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
Lee
Great Britain
John Adams
Adams
Benjamin Harrison
Hancock
Harrison
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Maryland
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
George Reed
Rutledge
Caesar Rodney
Franken
Morton
Wilson
Willing
Humphreys
Morris
New York
Reed
State House
Fathers of Liberty
Elbridge Gerry
Oliver Wolcott
Samuel Chase
Chase
John
Samuel Adams
Kingsbridge
N. Y
George Wythe
Matthew Thornton
Chicago
State Department
John Hay
National Academy of Sciences
Agassiz
National Academy
John S. Billings
Ira Remsen
Charles F. Chandler
Hay
A. H. Allen
Bureau of Rolls and Library
Wilbur M. Gray
Army Medical Museum
Republic