CSPAN3 Building The Statue Of Liberty September 1, 2014
To the National Archives this afternoon and a special honor to welcome those of you joining us by youtube, and a very special welcome to our cspan viewers. Today was supposed to have been a national day of celebration, in john adams vision, it is. It was on this day in 1776 that the Continental Congress declared the United States a free nation, no longer part of the british empire. Adams believed that the second day of july, 1776, will be the most memorable in the history of america. As it turned out, we now se celebrate the day the 4th of july that Congress Told the world of its brave action ...
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