[NEWwoman]

Congress approves the Declaration of Independence, brilliant scene from John Adams mini-series.

This video clip is from the HBO John Adams, most appropriate for the coming 4th of July holiday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrvpZxMfKaU&feature=player_embedded

[4everontheRight]

Good idea...I’ll watch that again over the weekend!

[Domandred]

Is the series any good? I might have to netflix it if it’s available.

[justsaynomore]

Yes, if someone could post their thoughts on this series, I would appreciate it. It looked good, but then some reviews I read said that it was a very liberal interpretation of events and painted the founding fathers in a very bad light...

[floozy22]

Thanks for posting this. It's a masterpiece, IMHO. Among many memorable scenes, a couple of favorites:

Adams visits Jefferson while he's drafting the Declaration and they discuss the verbiage. It's dawning on Adams how profound the document is becoming under Jefferson's pen. But at that moment, the document that changed the course of human history is not of as much interest to Jefferson as the chair he's sitting in - how he's tinkered with it and made it swivel!

When Adams meets King George III. A deceptively quiet, subdued scene that is incredibly powerful.