That's right, July 2nd is the real birthday of the United States of America. On this day in 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed the Lee Resolution. Presented by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia it read:
Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.
That it is expedient forthwith to take the most effectual measures for forming foreign Alliances.
That a plan of confederation be prepared and transmitted to the respective Colonies for their consideration and approbation.
Two days later, the Congress merely approved the Declaration of Independence, telling Great Britian what it could do.
No less than John Adams, delegate from Massachusetts and later the second President, believed in July 2. John's letter to his wife Abigail on the 3rd in part said:
But the day is past. The second day of July, 1776, will be memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the great Anniversary Festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp, shews, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forever.
We merely celebrate on the 4th because that is the date on the top of the Declaration, but always remember that the brave men of the Congress proclaimed us free from Great Britain on the 2nd.
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