{"id":11415,"date":"2026-06-27T14:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=11415"},"modified":"2026-06-27T14:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T14:31:23","slug":"july-4-250-years-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/july-4-250-years-of-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"July 4 &#8211; 250 Years of Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This coming Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Nationwide celebrations are planned, including Tall Ships flotillas along the east coast in July, a Philadelphia time capsule including entries from all 50 states, and of course the familiar parades, picnics, and fireworks. As we enjoy the festivities with family and friends, it&#8217;s worthwhile to reflect on our ancestors who were instrumental in paving the way for freedom and the formation of the United States of America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Resources for Revolutionary War Research in The Family History Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Goal E2 of the United States page you&#8217;ll see that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/project-9-united-statese2.html#a\">Choice A<\/a> has links to great articles, videos, and websites for researching your Revolutionary War ancestors. Here are some of the highlights you&#8217;ll find:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9ZHgluwMWOg\">Introductory video<\/a> by James Tanner (6:27)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/share.synthesia.io\/b70b16ce-98c8-49d5-9a85-080c1c880a0b\">Guided Learning video<\/a> with interactive exercises for research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An extensive <a href=\"https:\/\/familysearch.org\/wiki\/en\/Revolutionary_War,_1775_to_1783\">FamilySearch Wiki article<\/a> on the Revolutionary War<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two brief Ancestry Academy videos: <a href=\"https:\/\/ancestralfindings.com\/research-basics-short-introduction-researching-revolutionary-war-ancestors\/\">Finding a Patriot<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancestryacademy.com\/finding-your-revolutionary-war-ancestor-warrior-or-patriot\/videos\/bounty-land\">Bounty Land<\/a> warrants<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/services.dar.org\/Public\/DAR_Research\/search_revwar\/?Tab_ID=14&amp;Tab_ID_Sub=0&amp;action=list\">Daughters of the American Revolution<\/a> website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additional resources on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accessgenealogy.com\/military\/revolutionary-war-records.htm#content\">AccessGenealogy<\/a> site<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free online book material from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogycenter.info\/military\/revolution\">Allen County Public Library<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two Record Search Practice Exercises<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>QUIKLinks to record collections from FamilySearch and Ancestry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy Fourth of July, and happy ancestor hunting!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"939\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-939x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-939x1024.png 939w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1-768x837.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-1.png 1174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 939px) 100vw, 939px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This coming Saturday marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Nationwide celebrations are planned, including Tall Ships flotillas along the east coast in July, a Philadelphia time capsule including entries from all 50 states, and of course the familiar parades, picnics, and fireworks. As we enjoy the festivities with family and friends, it&#8217;s worthwhile to&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":11416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[367,535],"class_list":["post-11415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-research","tag-military","tag-revolutionary-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11418,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11415\/revisions\/11418"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}