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"Thomas Jefferson" by Rembrandt Peale. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
By Batocchio — July 4, 2026

Happy 250th birthday, United States of America!

The Declaration of Independence: the full text, and an NPR reading of it.

Revisiting the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. (And don't forget the Hemingses of Monticello.)

Frederick Douglass' "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" in the full text and a video of key excerpts read by his descendants.

This installment by Batocchio. E-mail tips to mbru AT crooksandliars DOT com.

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