And so USA was born

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And so USA was born

First of all, Happy Fourth of July to anyone. Independence day is one of the grandest celebrations in US. It marks the day of the singing the Declaration of Independence that has put the basis of our great country.

While each proud American will celebrate this historic day by spending time with friends and family. This day will also give any flag enthusiast and each pyromaniac a chance to blow out their entire stock of fireworks. In the meantime let’s check out some interesting facts about the 4^th of July.

Let’s start with a real kicker: technically speaking, the 4^th of July is not the actual day of independence. Than why are we celebrating? Actually, it was on July 2 1776 when the colonies broke England’s hold over the land. The Second Continental Congress needed two more days to fully validate the documents which gave “birth” to the Declaration of Independence on 4^th of July.

Anther interesting fact is that the first Independence Day was not celebrated on the 4^th of July but on the 8^th. The Declaration of Independence was kept secret for four more days until the 8^th of July, when the bells of Philadelphia rang for the first time to summon the populace. The Liberty Bell hit an important “note” that day, when the Declaration of Independence was read publicly for the first time. Col. John Nixon was the one that presented the Declaration of Independence to the public. The very same Nixon would become Brigadier general only one year later.

When independence was declared, there was an official vote of 12 in favor to 0 against. There is a little problem here. Weren’t there 13 colonies back then? It turns out that the Colony that represented the New York of today was a little late, and not because their representatives were nowhere to be found, but on July 2 when the original vote took place, New York did not give an answer. They agreed to join on 19 July. A bit late weren’t they?

On a sadder note, yet highly fascinating is that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, two of the great presidents both perished on the 4^th of July. Not only that that they died on the same day of the month, but actually was the very same day: July fourth 1826. These two founders of the Declaration of Independence hold great respect in the minds and hearts of the Americans.

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