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Not to quibble, but: technically, the Continental Congress voted on July 2nd to approve a Resolution, calling for Independence for the Colonies. John Adams (who later became the 2nd US President), predicted that July 2nd would be celebrated as the day of Independence. But, the Continental Congress came back on July 4th, and voted to adopt the official Declaration of Independence, which had been drafted by a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson (who did most of the actual writing), and Benjamin Franklin. So, July 4th came to be the date that "Independence Day" was celebrated.

Also noting - although the Declaration was approved on July 4th, many of the members of the Continental Congress did not sign the document until later.
 

short ornery norwegian said:
Not to quibble, but: technically, the Continental Congress voted on July 2nd to approve a Resolution, calling for Independence for the Colonies. John Adams (who later became the 2nd US President), predicted that July 2nd would be celebrated as the day of Independence. But, the Continental Congress came back on July 4th, and voted to adopt the official Declaration of Independence, which had been drafted by a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson (who did most of the actual writing), and Benjamin Franklin. So, July 4th came to be the date that "Independence Day" was celebrated.

Also noting - although the Declaration was approved on July 4th, many of the members of the Continental Congress did not sign the document until later.
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This is the night when people ill equipped to handle either alcohol or gunpowder fool too much with both!
 


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Up at the lake. Life is good. God bless Minnesota! Go Gophers!!
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short ornery norwegian said:
Not to quibble, but: technically, the Continental Congress voted on July 2nd to approve a Resolution, calling for Independence for the Colonies. John Adams (who later became the 2nd US President), predicted that July 2nd would be celebrated as the day of Independence. But, the Continental Congress came back on July 4th, and voted to adopt the official Declaration of Independence, which had been drafted by a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson (who did most of the actual writing), and Benjamin Franklin. So, July 4th came to be the date that "Independence Day" was celebrated.

Also noting - although the Declaration was approved on July 4th, many of the members of the Continental Congress did not sign the document until later.
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I consider the day when the Treaty of Paris was signed on September 3rd, 1783 which effectively ended the war to be the true day when this nation was born or at least the day that America officially won it's independence as it's own nation.
 






In 1977, I spent part of the summer in England on a student program. So, we were in London on the 4th of July. Needless to say, there was no mention of the day in the British papers. The students in our group went to Wimbledon on the 4th to cheer for US tennis players. Watched Jimmy Connors and Chris Evert play.
 

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