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Today In History,September 9,1776,Continental Congress changes "United Colonies" to "United States"
Journals of the Continental Congress ^ | September 9,2010 | Continental Congress

Posted on 09/09/2010 4:20:43 PM PDT by mdittmar

"Resolved, That in all continental commissions, and other instruments, where, heretofore, the words "United Colonies" have been used, the stile be altered, for the future, to the "United States."


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History is Fascinating!

1 posted on 09/09/2010 4:20:45 PM PDT by mdittmar
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Hey,I like it.Gotta start somewhere.

Posting on FB


2 posted on 09/09/2010 4:44:15 PM PDT by silentreignofheroes
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To: silentreignofheroes

Not much uniting us anymore.

Not love of country.

Not shared values.

Not a language.


3 posted on 09/09/2010 4:48:44 PM PDT by 30Moves
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Sometimes it seems like it’s a long road back..

Bad stuff gets amplified ,,we’ll make it,This is GODs’ country,whether we know it or not.That’s the way I see it.


4 posted on 09/09/2010 4:59:57 PM PDT by silentreignofheroes
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5 posted on 09/09/2010 6:32:41 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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To: mdittmar

Bump!


6 posted on 09/09/2010 6:38:23 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)
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http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/September-22

same day in 1776 — Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy during the Revolutionary War.

in 1862 — President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, proposing to free all slaves of rebel states as of Jan. 1, 1863.


7 posted on 09/09/2010 6:51:30 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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To: mdittmar

bump


8 posted on 09/10/2010 6:28:23 AM PDT by tutstar
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Why was this needed? The Declaration of Independence clearly referred to united states: We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled
9 posted on 09/10/2010 1:24:16 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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That would be a good question on test in school.


10 posted on 09/10/2010 1:33:41 PM PDT by mdittmar (i)
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To: mdittmar

Do they still teach about the Declaration and the Revolutionary War? :-))


11 posted on 09/10/2010 1:41:05 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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