Today I found out most the signers of the Declaration of Independence did so on August 2nd, 1776, not July 4th. In fact, nobody signed it on the 4th. This is contradictory to Thomas Jefferson’s, John Adams’, and Benjamin Franklin’s account of events. However, as you’ll see shortly, their accounts have been shown to have been misremembered. Incidentally, this is not the only time this has been shown to be the case with their account of events during this time. Of course, this period would have been quite a whirlwind, so one can understand their misremembering.
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