American Independence Day is not July 4

By |2018-07-03T09:23:53-07:00July 3rd, 2018|Thoughts|

Americans celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the document that declared that the United States is henceforth independent from Britain, on July 4. It is a good day to celebrate this historic event despite it not being the date when the declaration was made. Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration, [...]