Posted on 07/19/2020 4:49:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
1. The Declaration of Independence wasn't signed on July 4, 1776.
On July 1, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and on the following day 12 of the 13 colonies voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee's motion for independence. The delegates then spent the next two days debating and revising the language of a statement drafted by Thomas Jefferson. On July 4, Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, and as a result the date is celebrated as Independence Day. Nearly a month would go by, however, before the actual signing of the document took place. First, New York's delegates didn't officially give their support until July 9 because their home assembly hadn't yet authorized them to vote in favor of independence. Next, it took two weeks for the Declaration to be "engrossed" -- written on parchment in a clear hand. Most of the delegates signed on August 2, but several -- Elbridge Gerry, Oliver Wolcott, Lewis Morris, Thomas McKean and Matthew Thornton -- signed on a later date. (Two others, John Dickinson and Robert R. Livingston, never signed at all.) The signed parchment copy now resides at the National Archives in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, alongside the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
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:^) For the most part, doctors aren't Koolaid-drinkin' leftists, that's a bonus. :^)
Holiday, typical white privilege. /jk
True! Full-fledged capitalists!
:^) Free-market competitors. Last thing anyone wants is someone allowed into medical school or nursing school because of "underutilization" (quotas).
Written by Chuck Norris! That was a surprise.
The 12 little-known topics, yup .
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