July 2nd: The Day President Adams Celebrated Independence
The road to nationhood, as befit a federal republic of equal states, wasn’t without disagreements.
On July 4th, Americans celebrate the 1776 Declaration of Independence by the 13 original states. President John Adams, however, pegged the anniversary for July 2, one miss in a letter that’s otherwise eerie for its accuracy and the way it links our generation to the one that fought the Revolutionary War.
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