| | It's time to get out my favorite Independence Day DVD movie, 1776. This movie is an adaption of the Broadway musical and was filmed 37 years ago in 1972. There are superb performances by Howard Silva as Ben Franklin and William Daniels as John Adams. It's a wonderful movie, a fun way to relive our history, and a great way to add to the 4th of July.
In the days leading up to July 4, 1776, Continental Congressmen John Adams and Benjamin Franklin coerce Thomas Jefferson into writing the Declaration of Independence as a delaying tactic as they try to persuade the American colonies to support a resolution on independence. As George Washington sends depressing messages describing one military disaster after another, the businessmen, landowners and slave holders in Congress all stand in the way of the Declaration, and a single "nay" vote will forever end the question of independence. Large portions of spoken and sung dialog are taken directly from the letters and memoirs of the actual participants.
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