GLManny

I'm a Guiding Light fan from the crib. My family were fans for 70 years it was on air and still going strong.

[GLManny @Robansuefarm]

Bethany Joy Lenz Releases a Book https://t.co/LPLfRpHpVv #GuidingLight #BethanyJoyLenz

[A Capitol Fourth @July4thPBS]

Watch as rock superstars @chicagotheband bring their incredible energy to Washington DC, exhilarating the crowd at 2026’s A Capitol Fourth with a medley of their most iconic hits. Missed the concert? Stream it now on YouTube!

#ACapitolFourth #ChicagotheBand

[Fox News @FoxNews]

NOW: America is burying a nearly one-ton time capsule beneath Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park as part of the nation's 250th birthday celebration.

Inside are nearly 200 artifacts from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., the U.S. territories, all three branches of government, and everyday Americans—including a signed pocket Constitution, a crystal from the 2026 Times Square New Year's Eve ball, a Coca-Cola message in a bottle, a Rose Parade flag, and more capturing life in America today.

The waterproof capsule is being sealed underground for the next 250 years and isn't expected to be opened until 2276.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

Coca-Cola's bicentennial commercial from 1976

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

A broke 17-year-old clerk wrote a letter about the hurricane that had just flattened his Caribbean town. Strangers who read it were so moved that they pooled money to ship him across the ocean for school. His name was Alexander Hamilton.

To even get into a colonial college in the 1770s, a teenager had to translate Cicero and Virgil out of Latin on the spot and read the New Testament in its original Greek in front of the professors. Harvard wrote the rule down in 1767: no entry unless you could read the Greek and Latin authors, write correct Latin, and show good character. That was just to get in the door.

James Madison enrolled at Princeton in 1769 and finished a three-year degree in two, studying Latin, Greek, math, rhetoric, and philosophy. Long hours of study may have damaged his health. He stayed on anyway to learn Hebrew and political theory under the college president. He stood five feet four and never weighed more than 100 pounds. His classmate Aaron Burr had first applied to the same college at 11, got turned away, came back at 13, and left with a degree at 16.

James Monroe was on the same path at William and Mary until early 1776, when he dropped out at 18 to join the Continental Army. That December he crossed the Delaware with Washington and took a musket ball to the shoulder at Trenton. It cut an artery. An army doctor tied it off on the spot, which is the only reason he lived to become president.

Hamilton wrote his way off a ruined island. Madison studied himself sick. Monroe nearly bled out in the snow at 18. The list ranks them by age, but what they share is how early and how hard each one got pushed, and how young the whole thing was.

The date itself holds one more fact. Three of the six men on the list died on the Fourth of July. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, a few hours apart, on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration. James Monroe died on July 4, 1831.

[Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 @ScooterCasterNY]

WATCH: Eiffel Tower Blazes "USA 250" as Paris Kicks Off America's Semiquincentennial

Tonight the Eiffel Tower is lighting up with a "USA 250" display beginning Friday, July 3rd at 11:00 PM local time, marking the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence.

The illumination shows "USA 250" in red, white, and blue lettering across the tower's first-level facade.

The lighting is part of a wider summer program organized by the City of Paris celebrating the historic friendship between France and the United States

Video by @CLPRESSFR | Licensing @FreedomNTV [email protected]

[GLManny @Robansuefarm]

@davekoenig What's wrong with people?

[Disney Parks @DisneyParks]

Buckle up your seatbelt💺 We're taking you through a history of flyovers at Disney Parks 🇺🇸🛫 #DisneyCelebratesAmerica #DisneySalutes

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

In 1942, James Cagney was told to just walk down the stairs in "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Instead, he decided to improvise a tap dance down the slick marble steps. The crew tried to stop him due to the high injury risk. He ignored them, nailed it in ONE take.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

I get the impression that the 1995 Pride & Prejudice is fading from cultural memory, and that’s a shame because it’s PERFECT. Every character is impeccably cast. The extended length allows for full immersion in the story. Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth are utterly luminous.

[Hamilton @HamiltonMusical]

A message from the King(s).

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

In 1982, Robin Williams did a routine as the American Flag for the Norman Lear produced tv special "I Love Liberty" created to bridge political divides - and it's one of the greatest pieces you'll see 🇺🇸

[A Capitol Fourth @July4thPBS]

Live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, Grammy, ACM, CMA and CMT Award-winning country star @CarlyPearce performs “The Star-Spangled Banner” on 2026’s A Capitol Fourth. Miss the show? Watch A Capitol Fourth: 250th Weekend Celebration on YouTube now.

#ACapitolFourth #CarlyPearce

[APStylebook @APStylebook]

The U.S. Constitution is made up of the original preamble that begins “We the people” and seven articles that took effect in 1789, and 27 amendments added between 1791 and 1992. The first 10 of those amendments are known as the Bill of Rights.

We now invite our GenX followers to begin singing the preamble as you learned it on Saturday morning from Schoolhouse Rock.
https://t.co/3JQVUTEegA

[Stu Smith @thestustustudio]

🇺🇸 One of my favorite pieces of American trivia is that Richard Nixon is the only U.S. president to perform at the Grand Ole Opry.

Come for Nixon playing “God Bless America.” Stay for his surprisingly erudite reflections on country music at 1:30

[Tom Fitzgerald @FitzFox5DC]

"I have come to the conclusion that one useless man is called a disgrace; that two are called a law firm, and that three or more become a Congress! And by God…I have had this Congress” John Adams, 1776 📜🇺🇸🦅

[𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙚 @evangelia69]

𝓑𝓸 𝓑𝓻𝓪𝓭𝔂: “We can come together, reminisce, remind each other what it's like to be neighbors, and on this day, Americans."
A message needed more than ever in these current times. Happy 4th of July to all my American friends. #Bope #BoBrady #Days

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

🎧📜 The Internet Archive is home to millions of free audiobooks and audio recordings, including this LibriVox reading of the Declaration of Independence, bringing one of America's founding documents to life.

We're highlighting documents, recordings, and artifacts that tell the story of America's founding and the anniversaries that followed.

Learn more 👇
https://t.co/Op97GUekCY

#AmericanHistory

[Walt Disney World @WaltDisneyWorld]

On this 250th anniversary, we’re wishing you a very magical Independence Day from #WaltDisneyWorld. ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸 #DisneyCelebratesAmerica

[GLManny @Robansuefarm]

@KatelynPorter1 Is that cop guy still around? I didn't realize it.

[Internet Archive @internetarchive]

🎨🇺🇸 Georgia O'Keeffe's THE FLAG (1918) is a striking watercolor painted during World War I. Now in the public domain in the United States, it's free to view, download, and reuse.

It's one of many fascinating items we're highlighting from the Internet Archive's collections as America marks its 250th anniversary.

Learn more in our blog: https://t.co/Op97GUekCY

#Americanhistory