It was at our little lunch where we started talking about the signing of the declaration of independence, the dates of the actual signing of the document, how that document was then carried forward to let the British know and the colonists themselves know.
Some of that background is here, at the American University in Washington, DC.
Some of the fact according to them:
The declaration was unanomously adopted by the Continental Congress on 4 July 1776; Signature gathering started 2 August 1776.
The Declaration of Independence was publicly read on July 8
It was published in various newspapers
Congress made sure that all states would have access to an authenticated copy of the Declaration by ordering a special printing of multiple copies on January 18, 1777.
So that's how they did things before the internet. Hmm.
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ReplyDeleteAnd, if we were still in the stone age one couldn't so easily remove one's etchings from the wall of the cave!
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