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Debunking the July Fourth Independence Myth
The article traces the drafting and signing of the Declaration of Independence, noting the June 11 committee, Jefferson's draft, and delays in signatures. It explains fielding votes, absent signers, and that the common image of a formal July 4 signing in Independence Hall is inaccurate, with signatures spread around late July to August and the Liberty Bell not ringing on that day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homas Jefferson
Congress
George Washington
United States of America
Lexington
Richard Henry Lee
Virginian
United States
Great Britain
John Adams
Samuel Adains
Roger Sherman
Oliver Olcott
Edehard Henry Lee
George Wythe
John Dickinson
Pennsylvania
John Jay
James Willam
James Duane
Edward Rutledge
Robert KR. Livingston
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin
Connecticut
Robert R. Livingston
New York
Whiteh
Jefferson Chairpian
Lee
Benjamin Harrison
Committee of
Dunlap
John Hancock
Charles Thomson
Henry Wisner
Wisner
Samuel Chase
Maryland
Annapolis
Adams
Elbridge Gerry
Philadelphia
John
Samuel Adams
William Williams
Rush
Clymer
Smith
Taylor and Ross
Pensylvania
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
Chase
Thomas Mclean
Delaware
McLean
Independence
Independence Hall