Fireworks! - Page 2 - The Hull Truth

TidesHHI · 07-02-2003, 11:18 AM

Trouty,

I'm shocked! I thought you knew everything!

July 4th, 1776 - The day we became an independent nation.

(It's the day the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence)

ccguy · 07-02-2003, 11:43 AM

It's also the day Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died - both in 1826. Not that we should celebrate their death but what an amazing coincidence - 2 fathers of our country!

Oh - and I'll be watching the Plymouth Mass fireworks (America's hometown) BottomFisher is right - Marion has great fireworks, too!

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Kamper · 07-02-2003, 02:29 PM

Well Trouty that's a more fair question than you've been given credit for.

On July 2nd, 1776. The Second Continental Congress voted to ratify the document we know as the "Declaration of Independence" and adopt the "The United States of America" as the new nation's official name.

July 4th, was the day copies of the Declaration were received from the printer and the decision was anounced at a public reading of the document and they were made available for distribution.

Anyone who watches trivia shows on TV will know this little tid-bit.

So the 4th of July is the day the we celebrate learning of our independence from the United Kingdom.