2 July 2008

July 2, the REAL 4th of July

On July 2, 1776, the petulant, cranky, contentious and astonishingly divided representatives to the second Continental Congress set aside their differences and voted unanimously for independence. (Except New York, whose delegation abstained.) From the national archives:

“The Second Day of July 1776 will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. . . [...]