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==Patriot letters==
==Patriot letters==
[[File:Spirit of 76.jpg|right|200px| The Spirit of '76]]
[[John Adams]] wrote to his wife Abigail on July 3rd, it reads <ref>[http://www.101kidz.com/holidays/4thjuly/history.html July 4th History] Kidz101.com</ref>
[[John Adams]] wrote to his wife Abigail on July 3rd, it reads <ref>[http://www.101kidz.com/holidays/4thjuly/history.html July 4th History] Kidz101.com</ref>
{{cquote|We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.}}
{{cquote|We dare not forget that we are the heirs of that first revolution.}}
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Declaration of Independence]]
* [[Declaration of Independence]]
* Martin, Howard H. "The Fourth of July oration," ''Quarterly Journal of Speech,'' Volume 44, Issue 4, 1958, Pages 393–401
* Martin, Howard H. "The Fourth of July oration," ''Quarterly Journal of Speech,'' Volume 44, Issue 4, 1958, Pages 393–401
* Quarles, Benjamin. "Antebellum Free Blacks and the 'Spirit of '76'" ''Journal of Negro History'', Vol. 61, No. 3 (Jul., 1976), pp. 229-242 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2717251 in JSTOR]
* Quarles, Benjamin. "Antebellum Free Blacks and the 'Spirit of '76'" ''Journal of Negro History'', Vol. 61, No. 3 (Jul., 1976), pp. 229-242 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2717251 in JSTOR]
* Sweet, Leonard I. "The Fourth of July and Black Americans in the Nineteenth Century: Northern Leadership Opinion Within the Context of the Black Experience," ''Journal of Negro History,'' Vol. 61, No. 3 (Jul., 1976), pp. 256-275 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2717253 in JSTOR]
* Sweet, Leonard I. "The Fourth of July and Black Americans in the Nineteenth Century: Northern Leadership Opinion Within the Context of the Black Experience," ''Journal of Negro History,'' Vol. 61, No. 3 (July 1976), pp. 256-275 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2717253 in JSTOR]
* Travers, Len. ''Celebrating the Fourth: Independence Day and the Rites of Nationalism in the Early Republic.'' (1997). 304 pp.
* Travers, Len. ''Celebrating the Fourth: Independence Day and the Rites of Nationalism in the Early Republic.'' (1997). 304 pp.
* Waldstreicher, David. ''In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820'' (1997)
* Warren, Charles. "Fourth of July Myths," ''William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul., 1945), pp. 238-272 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921451 in JSTOR], by leading conservative scholar
* Warren, Charles. "Fourth of July Myths," ''William and Mary Quarterly,'' Vol. 2, No. 3 (Jul., 1945), pp. 238-272 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1921451 in JSTOR], by leading conservative scholar