Special Feature
Independence Day 2011
Independence Day honors the birthday of the United States of America and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It's a day of picnics and patriotic parades, a night of concerts and fireworks, and a reason to fly the American flag.
(source: http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Independence_Day.shtml)
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Remarks by the President Barack Obama at White House Independence Day Celebration
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Happy Fourth of July! (Applause.) On behalf of the entire Obama family, we want to welcome you here to the White House. Watch the Video »
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Clinton’s and Obama’s Independence Day Message 2011
The speakers in this video are Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Obama. This video was processed by the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs in June 2011.
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Video (07’04’’): Fourth of July Fireworks
This video was produced by the State Department’s Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP) in June 2011.
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Feature: July 4th - Fireworks and Family
America’s spirit of democracy and opportunity is celebrated on July 4. One family exemplifies this spirit by crafting one thing used to celebrate America’s birth: fireworks
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Photo Gallery: The Fourth of July: Celebrating U.S.
(source: U.S. Department of State IIP)
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U.S. Independence Day a Civic and Social Event
The United States celebrates its Independence Day on July 4, a day of patriotic celebration and family events throughout the country.
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Fourth of July Music Reflects U.S. History, Diversity
Many composers have influenced annual Independence Day celebrations
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Video (02’59’’): Actor Daniel Dae Kim talks about his Korean heritage
Actor Daniel Dae Kim talks about his Korean heritage and the importance of maintaining a sense of himself in both the national American identity and the Korean-American community.
USG Publications (By the U.S. Department of State IIP)
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USA History in Brief
The first title in the new "In Brief" series, this publication summarizes in a few thousand words the history of how the United States was founded and the forces and events that shaped the dynamic and varied country that it has become today. Korean » »
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Outline of U.S. History
How the United States has been transformed from its origins as an obscure set of colonies on the Atlantic coast a little more than 200 years ago into what one political analyst terms "the first universal nation."
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Historians on America
Historians on America is a series of individual essays that selects specific moments, decisions, and intellectual or legislative or legal developments and explains how they altered the course of U.S. history. The book consists of 11 separate essays by major historians, ranging from The Trial of John Peter Zenger in 1735 to The Immigration Act of 1965.
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Writers on America
Presents 15 essays by a diverse group of contemporary American writers, poets, essayists, and intellectuals, on how being an American has affected their decision to write and what they have written during successful careers. Their meditations illuminate in an interesting way certain American values — freedom, diversity, and democracy, in the context of individual development. Korean » »
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Snapshot USA
“Snapshot USA” approaches the current generation of young people from outside the United States, by offering some fundamental facts and build on these to describe a little of how Americans think about their country and the world, to provide a picture of who we are now.
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