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361 The Fourth of July in 2026

Ben Franklin's World

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The Start Date for the American Revolution

A national committee came along and said, you know, if we're really going to look at celebrating commemorating and remembering the American Revolution, then we need to do that as a nation in 2026. I think 2026 is an appropriate date to commemorate the Declaration of Independence in 1776. As a diplomatic historian, I want to throw out 1778 as a year when the Americans really begin to understand their place in the larger world.

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