In this week's Father Knows Best Father takes a trip back in time to explain to Kathy just why kids can't shoot-off firecrackers in the park, why Betty has to have straps on her dresses and why Bud can't have a scooter... but most of all to educate the whole family on the true meaning of Independence Day.

This Fourth of July special begins at the breakfast table of this most 'typical' of American families but in the blink of an eye we journey on a visit to their historical counterparts from the year 1776!