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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 240661, member: 4626&quot;]Looks like my guess was right, that convenience had a lot more to do with it rather than any significance to the actual date.</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of Americans don&#039;t realize that 4th of July is actually somewhat similar... despite what many believe, the Declaration of Independece wasn&#039;t exactly signed on July 4, 1776, at least not yet by everyone.&nbsp; In fact, until August 8, 1776, nobody&#039;s signature except John Hancock&#039;s was even on it, and he hadn&#039;t even finished writing it out until July 8.&nbsp; Nobody outside of the Continental Congress even knew about the Declaration of Independece until well into September... also while the Declaration of Independece declared our intentions to be independent, we weren&#039;t actually so until the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, when Great Britain actually recognized our independece.&nbsp; (Yet the date that happened is not celebrated...)&nbsp; Anyway, I guess July 4 is close enough for government work lol...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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