17 Fun Fourth of July Facts for Kids to Explain the Holiday’s History On July 4, families all over the U.S. celebrate our country’s independence. Get kids in the patriotic spirit with these fun Fourth of July facts that offer up entertaining tidbits as well as a dose of history. By Nicole Harris Every year on July 4, kids and…
Remember the Ladies Behind the American Revolution Women were the midwives of the Revolution. By Jeanne Abrams Looking back a quarter-century after the war had ended, in 1807, revolutionary leader and former U.S. president John Adams aptly observed, “Was not every Fireside, indeed a Theater of Politics?” He recognized what popular memory does not: Women were essential players in the…
