{"id":576,"date":"2013-07-05T01:32:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T05:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/happy-july-4th-review-the-american-patriots-alamanac-daily-readings-on-america\/"},"modified":"2016-07-02T11:40:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-02T15:40:26","slug":"happy-july-4th-review-the-american-patriots-alamanac-daily-readings-on-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/happy-july-4th-review-the-american-patriots-alamanac-daily-readings-on-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy July 4th: Review &#8220;The American Patriot&#8217;s Alamanac: Daily Readings on America&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/happy-july-4th-review-the-american-patriots-alamanac-daily-readings-on-america\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1554 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-20cover.jpg\" alt=\"Happy July 4th: Review &quot;The American Patriot's Alamanac: Daily Readings on America&quot;\" height=\"500\" width=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-20cover.jpg 389w, https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-20cover-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Our favorite patriotic &#8220;devotional&#8221;! Our two sons, ages fifteen and eighteen, asked me to get this back out for this summer&#8217;s reading since we haven&#8217;t done it for two years now. I LOVE this book. Short readings&#8211;about 5 to 10 minutes each, plus &#8220;This day in history list&#8221; for each day. So inspiring!<\/p>\n<p>You might be familiar with one of the authors, William J. Bennett, from his amazing story collection, &#8220;Book of Virtues&#8221; (a great read aloud book for families with multi ages of children and even older children!). He has done it again in this wonderful 365 excerpt patriotic book!<\/p>\n<p>If you homeschool, you want this book! If you homeschool and you are doing American history this year, you definitely want this book! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;American History Parade&#8221; pg. 235 (Today in history)<\/p>\n<p>1776 The Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence<\/p>\n<p>1802 &nbsp;The US Military Academy opens at West Point, NY<\/p>\n<p>1826 John Adams, age ninety, and Thomas Jefferson, age eight-three die<\/p>\n<p>1831 James Monroe, fifth US President, dies at age seventy-three<\/p>\n<p>1959 A forty-ninth star is added to the flat to represent the new state of Alaska<\/p>\n<p>1960 A fiftieth star is added to the flat to represent the new state of Hawaii<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/297VWqa\" target=\"_blank\">here <\/a>or on the picture below to get this book!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/297VWqa\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1554 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-20cover.jpg\" alt=\"photo-20cover\" height=\"500\" width=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-20cover.jpg 389w, https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/photo-20cover-233x300.jpg 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>DISCLOSURE: I am an affiliate for these products that I recommend. If you purchase these items through my links, I will earn a commission, but you will not pay more when buying a product through my link. ?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 0.85; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1253px; left: 138px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Our favorite patriotic &#8220;devotional&#8221;! 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