The Answer Sheet: declaration of independence


Posted at 07:12 AM ET, 07/03/2010

Top 5 Independence Day myths
By Valerie Strauss
Did you know that American independence wasn't really declared on the Fourth of July? Or that most delegates to the Constitutional Convention didn't sign the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth of July? Read on.

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Posted at 10:13 AM ET, 07/02/2010

Declaration of Independence rough draft shows crossout
By Valerie Strauss
Just in time for the Fourth of July, the Library of Congress has this news: Hyperspectral imaging of Thomas Jefferson’s rough draft of the Declaration of Independence has confirmed that he originally wrote the phrase “our fellow subjects,” but then scrawled over it the word “citizens.”

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Categories:  History | Tags:  Fourth of July, July 4, declaration of independence, declaration of independence and signers, declaration of independence text, history, independence day and history, library of congress and declaration, thomas jefferson and declaration