Honoring the fight for independence that gave birth to the United States of America!

Documents

• History of The Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution of the United States

• Bill of Rights

First Patriots and Leaders

• Founding Fathers - Signers of the Declaration of Independence

• Constitutional Convention Facts / Information

• Delegates to the Constitutional Convention with Biographies

• John Hancock - Excerpts of Boston Massacre Anniversary Eulogy - March 5, 1774

• Patrick Henry's Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death Speech - March 23, 1775

• Paul Revere's Account of his Midnight Ride - April 18-19, 1775

• Samuel Adams' Speech About the Declaration of Independence - August 1, 1776

• Thomas Paine's The American Crisis - December 23, 1776

• John Paul Jones - A founder of the U.S. Navy

• Benjamin Franklin's Thoughts... On the Constitution - 1787

• Alexander Hamilton's "The Federalist No. 9" - November 21, 1787

• James Madison's Speech On Ratification of Federal Constitution - June 6, 1788

• President George Washington’s Farewell Address - September 19, 1796

• President Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address - March 4, 1801

Read Patriotic Quotes by many of the above First Patriots

National Parks
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• Adams National Historic Site

• Boston National Historical Park

• Colonial National Historical Park: Yorktown

• Cowpens National Battlefield

• Fort Stanwix National Monument

• George Rogers Clark National Historical Park

• Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

• Independence National Historical Park

• Kings Mountain National Military Park

• Longfellow National Historic Site

• Minute Man National Historical Park

• Moores Creek National Battlefield

• Morristown National Historical Park

• Ninety Six National Historic Site

• Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail*

• Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site

• Saratoga National Historical Park

• Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial

• Valley Forge National Historical Park

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