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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collecting Nut, post: 3123895, member: 74863&quot;]Happy 4th all. Is everyone aware that the Declaration of Independence was not signed on the 4th? Here&#039;s a few facts:</p><p>-The Declaration of Independence was formally declared on 7-2-1776</p><p>-On 7-4-1776 The Continental Congress approved the final text</p><p>-The Declaration was signed on 8-2-1776</p><p>-A 5 member committee drew up the Declaration</p><p>-Robert Livingston was one of the 5 but he never signed the Declaration as he felt it was too soon</p><p>-Congress made 86 changes to Thomas Jefferson&#039;s first draft</p><p>-Those changes resulted in a reduction of the Declaration by 1/4th</p><p>-Jefferson had strong language condemning the British slave trade despite owning slaves himself and was very outspoken when Congress deleted it</p><p>-The 2 youngest signers were from South Carolina and they were both 26 yrs old</p><p>-The oldest signer was Benjamin Franklin at the age of 70</p><p>-9 of the signers died before the Revolutionary War ended</p><p>-2 of the designers, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the 50th anniversary of the approval of the Declaration, on 7-4-1826</p><p>-The last person to live after the 50th anniversary who signed the Declaration was Carroll from Maryland[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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