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Scholarly surveys, discussions and polls have consistently revealed a clear consensus: the leadership capacity of the founding generation — Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Hamilton and Madison — is unrivaled by any subsequent coterie of American statesman. It is true that these same academic conversations reflect agreement that Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt stand atop the list of America’s greatest presidents, with founding chief executives such as Washington and Jefferson closely on their heels, but there is, it seems, no generation of political leaders across 250 years that is comparable to those who launched the American Revolution, drafted the Declaration of Independence and wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

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HELENA, Mont. – Every passenger that boards a flight leaving the Helena Regional Airport on the Fourth of July will receive a printed copy of the Declaration of Independence, Montana Secretary of State Christi Jacobsen announced on Friday.

As the United States counts down to July 4, 2026, Massachusetts will begin celebrating the Revolutionary War during Patriots' Day weekend (April 18–20, 2026). Whether you are standing on Lexington Green at 5:15 a.m. to hear the first shots of the war or walking the Freedom Trail, these five historic towns offer more than just museums to travel back in time.