https://sundayeveningreview.com/tags/tall-ships/Recent content in Tall-Ships on Sunday Evening ReviewHugoen-usSat, 04 Jul 2026 16:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-friday-july-4-2026/Sat, 04 Jul 2026 16:00:00 -0500https://sundayeveningreview.com/today/the-day-friday-july-4-2026/<p>Two hundred and fifty years ago today, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. The vote to break from Britain had come two days earlier, on July 2. The document was dated July 4, and the date stuck. Two and a half centuries is a span that defeats ordinary imagination, so the country does what countries do: it marks the occasion with events, fireworks, and varying degrees of reflection on what the day is supposed to mean. The varying is fine. The marking is the point.</p>