History Buzz July 4, 2011: Obamas & Nation Celebrate Independence Day 2011

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. INDEPENDENCE DAY: JULY 4TH, 2011 STATS & POLLS [...]

Gordon S. Wood: How the Complete Meaning of July Fourth Is Slipping Away

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: The New Republic, 7-4-11 Gordon S. Wood is Alva O. Way University Professor Emeritus at Brown University and the author, most recently, of Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815. At least one of the Founders thought that Independence Day would become important. When the Continental [...]