“Independence Day” on July Second?

Did you know that today is the real Independence Day?

The Continental Congress formally declared freedom from Great Britain on July 2nd, 1776, but approved the Declaration of Independence two days later.

John Adams was so sure that July 2nd would be the date of the holiday that he wrote, “I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival … It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade with shews, Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations.”

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