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It was not because it was proposed to establish a new nation, but because it was proposed to establish a nation on new principles, that July 4, 1776, has come to be regarded as one of the greatest ...
Philly had killed it as host of the nation’s 100th birthday; the 1926 event went very differently, for a variety of reasons.
Tomorrow is Independence Day, a time to remember the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, but other significant events happened on July 4th in American history that are worth noting as well.
From 1925: President Calvin Coolidge vetoed a congressional bill that would have paid tribes on the Colville and Okanogan reservations $6.5 million in compensation for lost land claims.