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Tag: Independence Day

Snapshot of D.C. weather, July 4th

East Coast comedians and pundits, take note: The real Washington is having a sunny Fourth

July 4th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays

Thanks in part to comedians and pundits based on the East Coast, our region of the country has been mythologized as the precipitation capital of

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Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest

Matt Stonie beats Joey Chestnut to win 2015 Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest

July 4th, 2015 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays, Sports

If you like watching men stuff hot dogs into their mouths, this is the video for you! William Foster: “Matt “Megatoad” Stonie upset eight-time defending

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Happy Fourth: A green scene in the skies above Kirkland

July 4th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays

A glimpse of the Fourth of July fireworks show in Kirkland, Washington, over the city’s central waterfront. (Photo: Andrew Villeneuve/NPI)

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Roger Goodman waves to onlookers at Kirkland’s Fourth of July celebration

July 4th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Elections, Holidays

State Representative Roger Goodman (D-45th District: Redmond, Kirkland, Woodinville, Sammamish) waves to onlookers as he marches in the annual parade that takes place along the waterfront as part of Kirkland’s Fourth of July celebration (Photo: Andrew Villeneuve/NPI)

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America owes its success to those patriots who have never treated Declaration’s self-evident truths as self-executing

July 4th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Holidays

Our success is only possible because we have never treated those self-evident truths as self-executing. Generations of Americans have marched, organized, petitioned, fought and even

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The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro

July 4th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, Holidays

The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro Courtesy of PBS, read a transcript of a speech given by Frederick Douglass in July of 1852,

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