Our Charting Freedom Myth of July Fourth Debunked
Historian Gaillard Hunt notes the Declaration was signed behind locked doors and not widely on July 4. He explains Virginia and Mason influenced Jefferson, the drafting by Jefferson, its presentation on June 28, and July 2 as separation day, with August 2 engrossing the final signatures.
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Independence Hall
Philadelphia
United States Department of State
Gaillard Hunt
Thomas Jefferson
Richard Henry Lee
Congress
Great Britain
John Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Robert R. Livingston
Jefferson
Hunt
Seventh and
Department of State
United States
John Hancock
Charles Thomson
America
Tam
Colonies
John Trumbhull
Capitol
John Dunlap
Hancock
Journal of Congress
Continental Army
Continental Congress
Thant Hancock
John Bull
Doctor Hunt
Monroe
Believers in America: Faith of the Founding Passages
The piece recalls 140 years of American citizen resolve, urging a renewed faith in self reliance, governance by capable hands, and national unity. It contrasts past confidence in American possibility with current fault finding, calling for a personal renewal of belief in America and its people.
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America
Great Moment in History and American Independence
The declaration of American Independence marked an unequaled moment in history. In under seven score years the United States expanded from coastal settlements to a nation of over a hundred million people across the continent and beyond. It now surpasses the former mother country in wealth and material energy.
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United States of America
Atlantic
Pacific
Tribute to the Declaration Cited by Buckle and Tyler
The article notes Buckle praising the Declaration as a model to be displayed in royal spaces. Professor Tyler adds that the Declaration stands as a universal statement of political truths destined to abolish kings or bind them to human dignity and happiness.
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Buckle
Tyler
Paul in Thessalonica and Berea Lesson Overview
A study on Acts 17 1 15 notes Paul's Thessalonica visit and preaching pattern with Silas and Timothy. It contrasts the reception of the gospel, the role of Scripture in argument, and the Berean noble conduct who searched the Scriptures daily for truth.
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Paul
Jesson
Thessalonica
Berea
Saloniki
Silas
Timothy
Philippi
Christ
Peter
Jesus
Damascus
God
New Jersey State Briefs Highlight Local Legal and Civic Happenings
Vice Chancellor Leaming orders Joseph Applegate of Burlington County to pay $3 weekly to wife Mabel and $25 counsel fee as divorce proceedings continue. Residents of Mays Landing raise funds for James Yanniallo’s artificial arm after a mill accident. Stanton Pryce, 16, disappeared after leaving Vineland for new prospects. Squirrel causes police action in Vineland by toppling fruit and snapping electric lines. Fire at John E Thorpe’s Sons plant in Trenton under investigation with $20,000 damage and ongoing labor disruption. Trial near Mays Landing ends early in Rozier suit after question about insurance agent visits. Woodbury commission government study progresses with public-meeting plans and cost summaries. Arbiters for trolley dispute named. Warren County board investigation moves forward in Belvidere. Ushers night observed at Pitman M E Church with choir and address. Orange factories strike. Elizabeth closes School 14 for scarlet fever. Tumulty rents Asbury Park cottage for season. Temporary pedestrian bridge opens between Burlington and East Burlington. Richwood peach crop forecast. Salem rails project advances. Delanco demands steamship stops. Delran Fire Co orders motor engine. Blackwood School Board rejects bids. Millville Chautauqua opens with parade. Clayton small-business closing move. Audubon installs police call boxes. Beach Haven jetty construction begins. Louis M. Happ at site.
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Joseph Applegate
Burlington County
Mabel
Leaming
Camden
Stanton Pryce
Vineland
Philadelphia
William Stidham
Pryces
E. C. Potter House
John E. Thorpe
Carrow
Mays Landing
Joseph C. Rozier
Atlantic City
Class & Nached Brewing Company
Board of Trade
Commission
Woodbury
Trolleymen’s Union
Trenton & Mercer County Traction Company
Clifton Reeves
Trenton
Reeves
Department of Labor
Warren County Board of Freeholders
Frederick W. Gnichtel
Supreme Court
Belvidere
Court House
Pitman M. E
Ushers’ Association
J. Lincoln Corneal
H. Ridgely Robinson
Orange
Board of Health of
Elizabeth
Joseph P. Tumulty
Asher S. Burton
Sixth Avenue
Asbury Park
Tumulty
Burlington
East Burlington
Richwood
South Jersey
Salem
Pennsgrove
Delanco
Delran Fire Company
Bridgeboro
Blackwood Board of Education
Millville Chautauqua
Clayton
Audubon
Louis M. Happt
Galveston Sea Wall
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Prafeiry
International Sunday School
E. C. Bel
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspn
New Jersey
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