Posts Tagged ‘4th of July’
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John Philip Sousa and the State of America’s Rituals
Posted on July 3, 2017
John Philip Sousa lived about 2 blocks from where my family lives today, on G Street SE, not too far from the Marine Barracks. Sousa, known as the March King,...
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Towards A More Perfect Union
Posted on July 4, 2014
By all accounts, Philadelphia in the summer of 1776 was uncomfortably hot. And there was no air conditioning....
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Fireworks
Posted on July 6, 2010
We had an all-American Fourth of July this year on Capitol Hill. My brother came in with his wife and kids, so we were excited to soak in some of...
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