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American history is full of stories that deserve to be told. Stories of courage, failure, betrayal, and brilliance that shaped the nation but were left out of the textbooks. Archive of America brings them back, one short video at a time, timed to the milestone that started it all.
America's 250th Anniversary · July 4, 2026
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Two horses shot. Four bullet holes. Not a single wound.
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By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability or expectation.
George Washington, age 23 Letter to John Augustine Washington, July 18, 1755
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22 stories. One road to revolution.
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