Declaration of Independence: 5 facts you may not know on this Fourth of July
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July 4, 1776 is significant because that is the day Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence document. However, the second Continental Congress actually voted for independence on July 2.
2.) 26 copies of the Declaration of Independence still exist: After the Declaration of Independence was adopted, the "Committee of Five," which consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston, was responsible for the reproduction of the approved text. On July 5, Philadelphia printer John Dunlap sent out all the copies he made to newspapers across the 13 colonies, in addition to commanders of the Continental troops and local politicians. There were initially hundreds of copies known as "Dunlap broadsides," but only 26 of them survive and are mostly being exhibited in museum and library collections. (One of the most recently discovered "Dunlap broadsides" was found by a Philadelphia man in the back of a picture frame that was purchased at a flea market for $4 in 1989)More Related News
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