It is the 2nd of July, not the 4th, that Richard Henry Lee, seconded by John Adams proclaimed independence from England in a resolution to the continental congress. Since neither Lee nor Adams were favorites of John Hancock, the ranking congressman, It was not entered into record as the 2nd.
So blaze off a firecracker tonight for the real Indepedence day
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