I was going to post these on the 4th of July, but the e-machinery wasn't working (you may be gathering that bloggers have a love-hate relationship with Blogger). So, from the alarmingly liberal (and I say this as a liberal!) self-proclaimed "History News Network":

Just so no one has too much patriotic fun:
Top Five Myths About the 4th of July
And, for good party-pooping measure:
Top Ten Worst Historical Sites in the United States