The usual 4th of July post
Jul. 4th, 2011 07:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lauradi7dwlink to NPR's reading of the Declaration of Independence.
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/04/137497061/reading-the-declaration-of-independence-aloud?ps=cprs
I'd rather have our national day be the constitution's birthday, but a document day of any sort is good. It at least is philosophical, not militaristic.
I'm sorry to have missed the re-enactment of Frederick Douglass's 4th of July speech.
Original here:
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=162
Apparently the reading happens every year, but I didn't know about it until the day after this year's event.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/01/frederick_douglasss_famed_speech_still_a_call_for_action/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
http://www.npr.org/2011/07/04/137497061/reading-the-declaration-of-independence-aloud?ps=cprs
I'd rather have our national day be the constitution's birthday, but a document day of any sort is good. It at least is philosophical, not militaristic.
I'm sorry to have missed the re-enactment of Frederick Douglass's 4th of July speech.
Original here:
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=162
Apparently the reading happens every year, but I didn't know about it until the day after this year's event.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/07/01/frederick_douglasss_famed_speech_still_a_call_for_action/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Today%27s+paper+A+to+Z
