Wednesday, July 04, 2007
This Day in American History
On this day in 1776, a year and a half after a shooting war had broken out between the American colonies and Great Britain, the Continental Congress in Philadelphia accepted the Declaration of Independence, drafted by Virginian Thomas Jefferson (and edited by Ben Franklin) and our rocky course was set. It is a near miracle that 8 years later, we emerged independent of Britain.
Labels: Declaration of Independence
