Hello everyone! I hope that everyone is having a great day! Today is the 4th of July! I thought i would talk a minute and talk about it some fun facts for the 4th of July!
- Contrary to popular belief, only two Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The majority of signers penned their signatures on August 2, 1776.
- The holiday does not celebrate the signing of the Declaration; it celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress.
- In a now-famous letter to his wife, Abigail, dated July 3, 1776, John Adams made a prediction that the “Second Day of July” would be celebrated as American Independence Day, since the Congress had actually voted to sever ties with Great Britain the day before.
- Independence Day became a federal holiday in 1870.
- Other countries, including Denmark, England, Norway, Portugal and Sweden also celebrate the Fourth of July as a way to bring in American tourists.
- Our country now boasts 318.9 million citizens, but on the first Fourth of July there were only 2.5 million.
- The original draft of the Declaration of Independence was lost.
- The back of the Declaration of Independence says, “Original Declaration of Independence dated 4th July 1776.”
- The Pennsylvania Evening Post was the first newspaper to print the Declaration on July 6, 1776.
- In 1989, a man bought a painting for $4 at a Pennsylvania flea market and later discovered, hidden within the same frame, what turned out to be an extremely rare, early printed copy of the Declaration of Independence, that he later sold for $2.4 million!
Well I hope everyone has enjoyed their day! Stay safe out there! Happy breeding everyone! This is Ava over and out!
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