GERRI WILLIS: The fireworks are over. Now visit the places where America became free

The fireworks are over, and the red, white and blue bunting has been put away. America’s Fourth of July celebration of our 250th anniversary is now just a memory. But this summer’s celebration of our founding won’t be the last. The party will continue, and it may even get bigger.

In the coming years, celebrations will mark Revolutionary War battles in Camden, S.C., New York and Yorktown that came after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Americans will have a chance to hear about patriots they may never have known.