Posted on 07/05/2026 11:33:13 AM PDT by Freeleesy
The one found in London, printed in Exeter, New Hampshire, in mid-July 1776, is the 11th surviving copy of the so-called "Exeter Declarations," and is the first to be found outside the United States.
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Yo, UK, feel free to adopt it.
LOL
CLICK & SHARE THE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE ITEM BELOW
AND YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHY SO MANY “AMERICANS”
(I use that term very loosely)
ARE TERRIFIED TO
STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!
Quarter-millennium trivium: The Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, but the parchment wasn’t signed until four weeks later, on August 2, 1776. Words matter.
Of the 56 signatories, before the war was over, five were captured, 12 had their homes destroyed, and 17 lost their entire fortunes. None ever renounced his signature.
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