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Independence Day

by Robert Haven Schauffler

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Introduction
  3. 3I — Celebration
  4. 4The Nation’s Birthday
  5. 5How the Fourth of July Should Be Celebrated
  6. 6II — Spirit and Significance
  7. 7The Birthday of the Nation
  8. 8The Fourth of July
  9. 9Lift Up Your Hearts
  10. 10England and the Fourth of July
  11. 11Address of Joel Barlow (July 4, 1787)
  12. 12The Fourth of July
  13. 13Our National Anniversary
  14. 14America’s Natal Day
  15. 15Crises of Nations
  16. 16The Fourth of July in Westminster Abbey
  17. 17III — Before the Dawn of Independence
  18. 18Speech of James Otis in 1765
  19. 19Independence a Solemn Duty
  20. 20An Appeal for America
  21. 21Conciliation or War
  22. 22“War Is Actually Begun”
  23. 23Emancipation From British Dependence
  24. 24IV — The Declaration
  25. 25The Declaration of Independence
  26. 26The Signing of the Declaration
  27. 27Supposed Speech of John Adams
  28. 28The Liberty Bell
  29. 29Independence Bell, Philadelphia
  30. 30The Declaration of Independence
  31. 31Independence Explained
  32. 32The Dignity of Our Nation’s Founders
  33. 33The Character of the Declaration of Independence
  34. 34The Declaration of Independence
  35. 35The Declaration of Independence
  36. 36The Declaration of Independence
  37. 37The Declaration of Independence in the Light of Modern Criticism
  38. 38V — The Struggle for Independence
  39. 39The Song of the Cannon
  40. 40Paul Revere’s Ride
  41. 41Hymn
  42. 42A Song for Lexington
  43. 43The Revolutionary Alarm
  44. 44The Volunteer
  45. 45Ticonderoga
  46. 46Warren’s Address
  47. 47“The Lonely Bugle Grieves”
  48. 48The Battle of Bunker Hill
  49. 49The Maryland Battalion
  50. 50The Battle of Trenton
  51. 51Columbia
  52. 52The Fighting Parson
  53. 53The Saratoga Lesson
  54. 54The Surrender of Burgoyne
  55. 55The Saratoga Monument Begun
  56. 56Molly Maguire at Monmouth
  57. 57The South in the Revolution
  58. 58The Song of Marion’s Men
  59. 59Our Country Saved
  60. 60New England and Virginia
  61. 61VI — Sweet Land of Liberty
  62. 62The Republic
  63. 63The Antiquity of Freedom
  64. 64America
  65. 65Ode
  66. 66America First
  67. 67Liberty for All
  68. 68Hymn
  69. 69The Dawning Future
  70. 70Liberty
  71. 71Freedom
  72. 72A Rhapsody
  73. 73Columbia
  74. 74A Renaissance of Patriotism
  75. 75Centennial Poems
  76. 76Welcome to the Nation
  77. 77Liberty’s Latest Daughter
  78. 78“Scum o’ the Earth”
  79. 79Liberty and Union One and Inseparable
  80. 80Address to Liberty
  81. 81The Torch of Liberty
  82. 82Horologe of Liberty
  83. 83The American Republic
  84. 84A New National Hymn
  85. 85VII — Fiction Jim’s Aunt
  86. 86VIII — The New Fourth
  87. 87A Safe and Sane Fourth of July
  88. 88The New Independence Day
  89. 89New Fourths for Old
  90. 90Americanizing the Fourth

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