Some of our favorite field trips have been studying American History. For Independence Day, we are sharing our top five, along with related quotes from voices of freedom. If you would like to know more about them, click on the location names.
Philadelphia, PA
We, therefore, the Representatives of the UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme
Judge of the World for the Rectitude of our Intentions, do, in the Name,
and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly Publish
and Declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be,
FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES...
The Declaration of Independence
Philadelphia, PA
Gettysburg, PA
It is for us the living, rather, to be
dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus
far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great
task remaining before us – that from these honored dead we take increased
devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of
devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died
in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that
government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not
perish from the earth.
Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863
Mount Vernon, VA
George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796
9/11 Memorial (Twin Towers)
New York City, NY
New York City, NY
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