on this day in 1776 the united states adopted the declaration of independence. declaring independence from the kingdom of Great Britain. During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain. the Declaration of Independence, was prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. Historians have long disputed whether Congress actually signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day. Most historians have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed. John Adam and Thomas Jefferon were the only signers on the declaration that later became president. in a strange coincidence they both died on the same day July 4th, 1826 exactly 50 years after the signing of the document. James Monroe, while not a signer of the document still a founding father of our country and president died on July 4, 1831, thus becoming the third President in a row who died on this memorable day. Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, was born on July 4, 1872, and, so far, is the only President to have been born on Independence Day.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 01:36:54 +0000
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