The Post had a collection of short pieces (2-3 paragraphs) today from different writers entitled Nine Things to Celebrate This Fourth of July.
Hugh Hewitt arouses my ire by excerpting and linking to an old essay on the "Price They Paid", recounting the sacrifices made by the signers of the Declaration. I'm mad because it's been debunked (in 2005) by snopes.com. Some of the facts are correct, but the interpretation is off. The signers didn't suffer because they signed the Declaration as the essay claims; they suffered because the Revolution was a time of danger and hardship.
The essay represents to me the sort of right wing mythologizing which undermines patriotism and the value of history. It's popular because anyone who reads it says OMG and feels awestruck. But it's not true.
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