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Debunking July Fourth Myths on the Declaration Signers
The article separates popular legends from facts about the Declaration of Independence. It notes Richard Henry Lee and Thomas Jefferson as authors, explains July 1 to July 4 actions by Congress, details drafting changes by Franklin and Adams, and clarifies signing dates and figures including John Hancock and Charles Thomson. It also corrects the misbelief about Liberty Bell cracking and clarifies Washington's role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Trumbull
England
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congress
John Hancock
Congress
Washington
Franklin
John Adams
Independence Hall
Richard
Henry Lee
Massachusetts
Benjamson Franklin
Roger Sherman
Robert St. Livingston
Jefferson
Coolidge
John Coolidge
Boston
Franklin and
Adams
Wichard Henry Lee
American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia
Patent “Office
Richard Henry Lee
Delaware
Pennnsylvania
South Carolina
New York
Thomas, Jefferson
Lee
America
George
United States of American
United States of America
Charles Thomson
Statehouse
Hancock
Pennsylvania
Thomson
State House Yard
David Rittenhouse
John Marshall
National Shrine
Library of Congress
Timothy Matlack
Charlies Thomson
Thomas McKean
Matthew Thornton
New Hampshire
Thornton
George Washington
Philadelphia
Cambridge
Mass