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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: ETEX on July 04, 2015, 09:34:33 AM

Title: Independence Day
Post by: ETEX on July 04, 2015, 09:34:33 AM

Let all remember the importance of this day in our history and be safe while traveling or celebrating this great day for the country.

Title: Re: Independence Day
Post by: CarlS on July 04, 2015, 03:42:13 PM

Yes, happy 4th of July to all!

Interesting background on Independence Day (July 4th):
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)
A good read and some interesting items to note from the above are:

• Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail: "The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America."  July 2nd was the day of the legal separation from Britain when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence.
• Coincidentally, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as Presidents of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration.

Title: Re: Independence Day
Post by: Daveslem on July 04, 2015, 05:37:39 PM

Happy 2nd of July just doesn't have the same ring to it. Have a nice day, everyone.