Happy Independence Day To My Fellow Americans!

Happy 4th to you all. Be safe and see you all back on tomorrow safe and sound.

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy 4th!
And thank you to all whom have and are serving and fighting for our freedoms! :salute:

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Originally Posted by gsarchie

Happy 4th brother! I don't get the July 2nd thing, though.

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Because it was on July 2, 1776, that the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia voted to approve a resolution for independence from Britain.

On that same day, the Pennsylvania Evening Post published this: “This day the Continental Congress declared the United Colonies Free and Independent States.”

So why do we celebrate July 4th as Independence Day? We do because of a little thing called the Declaration of Independence. The document was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4th.