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July Fourth Celebration and the Path to Independence
Mount Airy NC News traces the birth of the United States from the 1776 debates and committee work to the adoption of the Declaration on July 4. It notes July 2 as the initial vote for independence, the committee of Jefferson Adams Franklin Sherman Livingston drafting the declaration, and August 2 signing by all present, with final ratification and the birth of fifty independent states.
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Great Britain
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Congress
Delaware
New York
Thomas Jefferson
Johan Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Robert Livingston
Jefferson
Committee of Five
Jean Hancock
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United States
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Leonora
Horner
North Carolina
Wiliam Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn