Happy July 4th everyone, and happy birthday America. Every July 4th is when we celebrate telling the English to 'shove it' and ventured out on our own. The original signers of the Declaration of Independence actually thought the celebration would take place on the July 2nd because that is when the actual vote for independence took place. But the actual document didn't get a ratification vote until the 4th, the day we now celebrate. The original discrepancy was over 'taxation without representation', good thing we don't have to worry about that anymore. We must get represented like crazy now.
Interesting fact: Both John Adams (our 2nd president) and Thomas Jefferson (our 3rd president) died on July 4th in 1826 on the 50th anniversary of the nation's birth.
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