As we celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States, I think it is particularly important to appreciate the tumultuous history our country has endured and the great progress that has been made in that time. Yesterday, I posted about John Adam's enthusiasm over the Declaration of Independence, a document that had the potential to have him hanged for treason. Today, I would like to look at another avid witness to history, James Alexander Hamilton. As the son of one of the b

Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia, 1776 On July 3rd, John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, as he would hundreds of times over the decades of his service to America. This day, he shared historic news: "The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America.—I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the Day of Deliveran