Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public. They’ve bailed to the beach, the mountains, the golf course, the farm, the ranch. Other presidents have inserted themselves front and center on Independence Day.
FILE - President Bill Clinton , right, watches as a young American Bald Eagle named Freedom is released into the wild along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Biologist Craig Koppe during an Independence Day ceremony at Patuxent Naval Air Station, Md., July 4, 1996. FILE - Attendees listen as President Joe Biden speaks during an Independence Day celebration on the South Lawn of the White House, July 4, 2021, in Washington.
Still, the burgers were an improvement from July 4, 1850, when Zachary Taylor wolfed down apparently spoiled cherries and milk 1798: Now president, Adams reviews a military parade in Philadelphia as the young nation flexes its muscle. 1861: Lincoln sends a message to Congress defending his invocation of war powers, appealing for more troops to fight the South and assailing Virginia for allowing “this giant insurrection to make its nest within her borders.” He vows to “go forward without fear.”
1951: With the U.S. at war in Korea, Truman addresses a huge crowd at the Washington Monument grounds, on the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.1962: In the Cold War era, Kennedy tells a vast crowd in Philadelphia that societies around the world are struggling to break free from oppression and his nation “has no intention of abdicating its leadership in that worldwide movement for independence.
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