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Independence Day Stories
Stories of the War of Independence, the Declaration of Independence, and
the Fourth of July.
4th of July - George Washington
The Boston Tea-Party
On November 29, 1773, there arrived in Boston Harbor a ship carrying an
hundred and odd chests of the detested tea. The people in the country
roundabout, as well as the town's folk, were unanimous against allowing the
landing...
The Declaration Of Independence
While danger was gathering round New York, and its inhabitants were in mute
suspense and fearful anticipations, the General Congress at Philadelphia was
discussing, with closed doors, what John Adams pronounced: ``The...
The Signing Of The Declaration Of Independence
John Hancock, President of Congress, was the first to sign the Declaration
of Independence, writing his name in large, plain letters, and saying:--
``There! John Bull can read my name without spectacles. Now let him...
A Gunpowder Story
In the autumn of 1777 the English decided to attack Fort Henry, at Wheeling,
in northwestern Virginia. This was an important border fort named in honor
of Patrick Henry, and around which had grown up a small village of...
The Capture Of Fort Ticonderoga
Some bold spirits in Connecticut conceived the project of surprising the old
forts of Ticonderoga and Crown Point, already famous in the French War.
Their situation on Lake Champlain gave them the command of the main route...
Washington And The Cowards
During the evacuation of New York by Washington, two divisions of the enemy,
encamped on Long Island, one British under Sir Henry Clinton, the other
Hessian under Colonel Donop, emerged in boats from the deep wooded...
A Brave Girl
In the year 1781 the war was chiefly carried on in the South, but the North
was constantly troubled by bands of Tories and Indians, who would swoop down
on small settlements and make off with whatever they could lay their...
A Story of the Flag
When the Fourth of July came, we had been abroad nearly two months, and
during that time I think we had not seen a single American flag. On the
morning of the Fourth, however, we walked out on the Paris boulevards, and a
number...
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