Origins of Fourth of July Celebration


	Origins of Fourth of July Celebration

maquser

7-2-2008 12:56 PM

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7-4-2008 4:00 PM

carrerinyes

Great find!

7-25-2008 2:47 PM

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history's cool~

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On July 2, 1776, Congress adopted the <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/whenwasthe4thofjulyfirstcelebrated/28087404/SIG=12crs365h/*http://www.livescience.com/history/080630-hs-declaration-independence.html"><SPAN id="lw_1214946733_2" class="yshortcuts">Declaration of Independence</SPAN></A>, signed only by Charles Thompson (the secretary of Congress) and John Hancock (the presiding officer). Two days later Congress approved the revised version and ordered it to be printed and distributed to the states and military officers. The other signatures would have to wait.
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Many actually viewed the Declaration of Independence as a yawner - a rehashing of arguments already made against the British government. John Adams would later describe the Declaration as "dress and ornament rather than Body, Soul, or Substance." The exception was the last paragraph that said the united colonies "are and of Right ought to be Free and Independent states" and were "Absolved of all Allegiance to the British Crown." 
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