Monday, July 4, 2011

Happy Fourth of July!

Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull (1756 - 1843)

Have a safe and happy Fourth of July!!

Fourth of July 1819 - by John Lewis Krimmel (1786 - 1821)

For some very enlightening and entertaining historical details pertaining to July 4, 1776 - link here to the blog, IT'S ABOUT TIME which has featured many fascinating July 4th commemoration posts and accompanying historical artwork, for the past several days. 

6 comments:

  1. Happy 4th Yvette (at least it's not raining anymore!)

    The thing I find amazing about the 4th is how both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died within hours of one another on the - the 4th of July! Amazing, isn't it? Have your read John Adams by David McCullough? Great book!

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  2. And a Happy 4th to you as well, Julie. Thank you.

    The book is on my TBR list. I was going to join the Read-A-Long but then got involved reading other things. You know how it is. :)

    But I know it's a definite Must Read.

    Julie I was thinking of you the other day when Deb and I were talking about Edith Layton's romance writing. We kind of went off on a tangent, but that's ok. What would life be without tangents?

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  3. Lovely post for the 4th. Great pictures -- I really like the Trumbull! Julie, I didn't know that about Jefferson and Adams -- fascinating!

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  4. Thanks, Becky.

    Yeah, that date of death thing is SO mystifying in a way. Incredible.

    I've always wondered if it were really true. :)

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  5. I hope you had a wonderful 4th.

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  6. I had a quiet 4th, but it was fine. How about you? Any fireworks? I hope so. Of the pretty skyward kind, I mean. :)

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