[fortheDeclaration]

"If St. Eustasius is good enough for the United States in 1776,

And I said that it wasn't good enough.

Neither could be considered a recoginized nation for the first three years of existance.

[GOPcapitalist]

And I said that it wasn't good enough.

And you're entitled to that opinion. Fortunately though you are not the leading authority on that issue - the United States government is and the United States government officially recognizes St. Eustasius as its first diplomatic exchange and has formally states so in multiple State Department documents and at least two presidential proclamations (FDR and Bush Sr.) in the last century.

Neither could be considered a recoginized nation for the first three years of existance.

Then I'll ask you again - when do you date the beginning of American nationhood to if not July 4, 1776?