The inevitable 4th of July quoteathon

[neadods]

Actual John Adams quote: "The history of our Revolution will be one continued lie from one end to the other. The essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod smote the earth and out sprang General Washington. That Franklin electrified him with his rod - and thenceforward these two conducted all the policies, negotiations, legislatures, and war."

1776 may have been a musical comedy, but it was more accurate historically than many a book published as history nowadays.

Comments

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

1776 is such a fun movie. I only wish modern historical films did such a good job with sourcing *their* material.

[cozit.livejournal.com]

It was a wonderful musical before they filmed it - which I'm glad they did. First saw it in the round (the only way it was first shown) in Philadelphia around the Bicentennial sometime... I think we actually went to see it twice. Considering the size of my family at the time, and that my Dad was working for the government, that says a lot about the show right there.