U.S. Independence Day: Congress approves Declaration of Independence

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  The Declaration of Independence: "An Expression of the American Mind"

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Nathaniel Hawthorne, American novelist and short story writer, is born

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  Lesson 3: Nathaniel Hawthorne and Literary Humor

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Vicksburg, Mississippi falls to Union forces

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Thoreau moves into cabin at Walden Pond

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