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On This Day In History

July 4th, 1776...


On July 4th, 1776, in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims the independence of the United States of America from Great Britain and its king.  


The Declaration of Independence was written and adopted in just 442 days after the first shots fired at Lexington and Concord starting the American Revolution.


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