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Every Individual Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

Most people know that the July 4th holiday celebrates the day the United States of America gained its Independence (the day is also referred to as Independence Day). This day was when the Declaration ...
Newsweek

World’s Most Important Writing Assignment: Declaration of Independence

It was the most important writing assignment in world history. In May of 1776, John Adams, an accomplished draftsman who penned the state Constitution of Massachusetts (still the world's oldest), ...
insider.si.edu

The signers of the Declaration of Independence : a biographical and genealogical reference / by Della Gray Barthelmas ; with a foreword by Frank Borman

John Adams -- Samuel Adams -- Josiah Bartlett -- Carter Braxton -- Charles Carroll -- Samuel Chase -- Abraham Clark -- George Clymer -- William Ellery -- William ...
The Patriot Ledger

John Adams thought Independence Day should be celebrated on July 2. Why is it on July 4?

In 1777, Quincy's John Adams did not get his way. The year before, on July 2, 1776, when the Continental Congress voted to officially separate from Great Britain he made a big prediction. John Adams ...