Our extended Fourth of July weekend was spent going to the Perot Museum of Natural History, bowling, and watching fireworks from our house put on by the cities of Coppell and Lewisville. Yesterday the family decided to visit the grandparents … Continue reading →

  A day after the Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2, 1776—yes, July 2 —Adams wrote a letter from Philadelphia to his wife back home in Boston commemorating the day. His letter to Abigail Adam, dated July 3, … Continue reading →