The Fourth of July
The Fourth of July or Independence Day is the only holiday we have to honor our country.
We wouldn't be watching fireworks and downing hotdogs on this day were it not for our founding fathers. If you’ve not done so, now is a good time to read John Adams by David McCullough. This acclaimed biography of our second president shows Adams to be a “truly heroic figure”.
Our third president,Thomas Jefferson, sometimes called John Adams' alter ego, is brought to life in Christopher Hitchens’ Thomas Jefferson: Author of America. He was a visionary as well as a man of many passions which the forthcoming book Mr. Jefferson's Women will explore.
Here’s some presidential trivia: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826.