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The Declaration of Independence was Approved on July 2nd and Signed on August 2nd, So Why is July 4th Independence Day?

Signing the Declaration of Independence

While it is often said that the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, this isn’t actually correct. In fact, nobody signed it on the 4th. This is contradictory to Thomas Jefferson’s, John Adams’, and Benjamin Franklin’s account of events. On top of their accounts, the public congressional record of events back their story. So how do we […]

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