Due to the Independence Day holiday, the James B. Duke Library and all campus branches will be closed on Sunday, July 3rd and Monday, July 4th.
To help get your 4th off to a good start, here are just a few of the library’s great resources on the subject.
The full text of the Declaration of Independence can be found online via the library’s catalog. Published by the Government Printing Office, this electronic government document includes the Constitution of the United States and the Declaration of Independence (beginning on p. 35).
The People’s War: Original Voices of the American Revolution
A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens
Andrew Pickens: South Carolina Patriot in the Revolutionary War
Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation
The Patriot (DVD)
John Adams (DVD)
Parker’s Guide to the Revolutionary War in South Carolina: Battles, Skirmishes, and Murders (located in Special Collections and Archives – Library Use Only)
