Fourth of July at Lindenwald
· Lindenwald, Kinderhook, New York, United States
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · file Van Buren hosted a July Fourth discussion at Lindenwald that helped produce a decision to split from the Democratic Party and form the Free Soil Party. The quoted account places the gathering on the Fourth of July; it identifies the host as President Van Buren's son John speaking of spending the day with his father.
