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We often forget the life...
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We often forget the life-and-death struggle our nation engaged in to reach Independence
from Great Britain. In August 1776, Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote a letter to his friend, John
Adams, about America's newly formed nation. Dr. Rush was one of the signers and an
early social reformer. He wrote:
The 4th of July has been celebrated in Philadelphia in the manner I expected. The military men, and particularly one of them, ran away with all the glory of the day. Scarcely a word was said of the solitude and labors and fears and sorrows and sleepless
The 4th of July has been celebrated in Philadelphia in the manner I expected. The military men, and particularly one of them, ran away with all the glory of the day. Scarcely a word was said of the solitude and labors and fears and sorrows and sleepless