Declaration of Independence and John D. Rockefeller - July 8
We Hold These Truths Learning
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Today is Be A Kid Again Day, Coca-Cola Day, Math 2.0 Day, Freezer Pop Day, Milk Chocolate with Almonds Day, and National Ice Cream Sundae Day.
Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Declaration of Independence and John D. Rockefeller
AMERICAN REVOLUTION HISTORY ON THIS DATE
- 1775 - Olive Branch Petition signed by Continental Congress.
- 1776 - Colonel John Nixon gives the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence at Independence Square in Philadelphia.
ON THIS DATE
- 1776 - Colonel John Nixon gives the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence at Independence Square in Philadelphia.
- 2010 - LeBron James announces he is leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for the Miami Heat.
- 2011 - Space Shuttle Atlantis begins the final mission of the Space Shuttle program.
- 1839 - Oil tycoon and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller
- 1908 - Politician and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller
- 1951 - Actor Anjelica Huston
- 1958 - Actor Kevin Bacon
- 1970 - Musician Beck
Beck - Where It's At - LISTEN
Adrian Matejka - Unfunky U.F.O.
NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Badlands, South Dakota - GO
ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY
Explore the Delicious History of Ice Cream - READ
THEME: DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- Grades PreK-1- Sesame Street -Thomas Jefferson Needs a Quill (4:19) - VIEW
- Grades 2-5 - Liberty Kids - The First Fourth (23:17) - VIEW
- Grades 5-12 - Mission US Interactive Games - DO
- Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video -Thomas Jefferson - Drafting the Declaration of Independence (3:38) - VIEW
- Grades 6-12 - National Archives - Declaration of Independence: A Transcription - READ
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
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