July 4th Declaration of Independence

Posted by Lorea Thomson

Updated on July 4th, 2022

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Published in Animals & Pets

Waterfront Properties and Club Communities wish you a happy and safe Fourth of July 2022.

Lest not forget the reason for the national holiday observance. The Declaration of Independence is a document declaring the United States to be independent of the British Crown, signed by the congressional representatives of the Thirteen Colonies, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams, and ratified on July 4, 1776.

In United States history the Declaration of Independence document that was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and that announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain. It explained why the Congress on July 2 “unanimously” by the votes of 12 colonies (with New York abstaining) had resolved that “these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be Free and Independent States.” Accordingly, the day on which the final separation was officially voted was July 2, although the 4th, the day on which the Declaration of Independence was adopted, has always been celebrated in the United States as the great national holiday—the Fourth of July, or Independence Day.

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