Independence Day in the U.S. - Rigorous

Facts About Independence Day

1. In the United States, Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a Holiday.

2. Independence Day commemorates the of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress.

3. One of the most common myths is that the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on , 1776 when in fact most of the delegates signed the declaration on , 1776.

4. Coincidentally, two of the founding fathers, John and Thomas Jefferson, the only two men to sign the Declaration of Independence and become a U.S. , died on the same day, July 4, .

5. Thomas Jefferson was the principal of the Declaration of Independence.