Did the founders call it “Independence Day” or the “Fourth of July?”
The Statue of Liberty is open
A British emigre reflects on the Fourth of July.
Connecting Independence Day and Gettysburg
Top five myths about the Fourth of July
Franklin and Adams share a bed in New Brunswick, NJ.
Unexpected July 4th facts
Robert Tracy McKenzie reviews James Byrd, Sacred Scripture, Sacred War: The Bible and the American Revolution.
Religion in America on July 4, 1776
Was the American Revolution a just war?
Why a Brit should teach the American Revolution.
American Christians and patriotism
Are conservatives more patriotic?
RECOMMENDED READING
Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center just released the summer issue of its journal “Reclaiming 1776.” Let’s take a look. 
Anyone who wants to believe that Independence Day is a Christian holiday should read Frederick Douglass’s “What to a Slave is the Fourth of July?” David Barton speaks at First Baptist-Dallas. 
LONG FORM: Frederick Douglass and the Challenge of Seeing Clearly 
David Barton spreads blatant falsehoods about the AP US History course, state history standards, and a bunch of other stuff.
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