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If we were to do a bit of digging into the history books, we might find that we celebrate at te wrong time.

It's a bit confusing, but the real history of the signing of the Declaration has a much more interesting history than we know.

Independence Day

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The story: On July 4, 1776, a group of prominent men signed the Declaration of Independence, an important document in the formation of the United States of America.

How it actually went: Everything in this sentence is true—except the date. The document was officially announced on July 4, which is why Americans celebrate Independence Day on that date. But it wasn’t until a month later that the document was signed and complete.

The Declaration of Independence was actually signed on August 2, 1776. The Second Continental Congress first voted the document into authority on June 2.

Then they spent the next two days clarifying the wording of certain parts. After that, the document went through a process of embossing and the finished copy was finally ready to be signed three weeks later.

I got this info from the folks over at Listverse. I figured you might find it interesting!

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