From the film, “Yankee Doodle Dandy”, 1942, about George M. Cohan. It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf.
The film was a major hit for Warner Bros. Pictures, and was nominated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, winning three.
In 1993, Yankee Doodle Dandy was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant”.
In 1826, Thomas Jefferson was invited by the mayor of Washington, D.C., to celebrate the 50th anniversary of American independence.
Although Jefferson’s failing health prevented him from attending, the author of the Declaration replied with his last letter—he died just weeks later on July 4—offering a beautiful reflection on America’s founding and a message of hope for the nation’s future.
Day FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY of Presidential recovery.
Were the American founders Enlightenment Deists, or devoted Christians? Join Mark David Hall as he explores the religious faith of the American founders. Hall lays out what the First Amendment really means, the separation of Church and State, and George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Learn how the Bible was the most cited work in the American Founding. The integral role for freedom of conscience. All this and much more in our latest story from our Story of America.
Day FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE of Presidential recovery.
President Trump is visiting North Dakota today, July 1, 2026, to celebrate the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library. The trip is also expected to mark the first official flight of the new, Air Force One jet gifted by Qatar.
After flying into North Dakota, President Donald Trump took the train for about a third of a mile in Medora on Wednesday, arriving as Theodore Roosevelt and other presidents have done – but with much more fanfare.
People chanted “USA” as the five-car Freedom250 train pulled in with cheers for the president as he exited the last car. Horseback riders portraying Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders waited to escort Trump’s motorcade to a private tour of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library before he was scheduled to speak to a crowd gathered at the Burning Hills Amphitheatre.
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