In this Independence Day episode, we will take a whirlwind tour of the triumphs and a few tragedies in the history of this great nation. Books used in the preparation of this episode were "The Frontier In American History" by Frederick Jackson Turner, "The Operator" by Robert O'Niell, and "Hero Tales" by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge. Also helpful were Dr. George Grant's Gileskirk American History Lectures.