Top 5 myths about July 4
Back by popular demand (well, I like them), here are the top five myths about Independence Day, adapted from George Mason University’s History News Network :
1. Independence was declared on the Fourth of July.
America’s independence from Great Britain was actually declared by the Continental Congress on July 2, 1776 . That’s why John Adams thought July 2 was going to be the day future Americans celebrated.
On the night of July 2nd, the Pennsylvania Evening Post published the statement: “This day the Continental Congress declared the United Colonies Free and Independent States.”
So what happened on the Glorious Fourth ?
The document justifying the act of Congress -- you know it as Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence -- was adopted on the Fourth, as is indicated on the document itself, which is, one supposes, the cause for all the confusion. As one scholar has observed, what has happened is that the document announcing the event has overshadowed the event itself .
When did Americans first celebrate independence? Congress waited until July 8, when Philadelphia threw a big party, including a parade and the firing of guns. The army under George Washington, then camped near New York City, heard the news July 9 and celebrated then. Georgia got the word Aug. 10. And when did the British in London finally get wind of the declaration? Aug. 30.
John Adams , writing a letter home to his beloved wife Abigail on July 3, predicted that from then on:
“the Second of July, 1776, will be the most memorable Epocha, in the History of America. I am apt to believe it will be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.”
A scholar coming across this document in the 19th century quietly “corrected” the document, with Adams predicting the festival would take place not on the second but the fourth.
2. The Declaration of Independence was signed July 4.
Hanging in the grand Rotunda of the Capitol of the United States is a vast canvas painting by John Trumbull depicting the signing of the Declaration.
Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams wrote, years afterward, that the signing ceremony took place on July 4. When someone challenged Jefferson’s memory in the early 1800’s, Jefferson insisted he was right.
Really? As David McCullough remarks in his biography of John Adams, “No such scene, with all the delegates present, ever occurred at Philadelphia.
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This most likely did not happen. It was probably just a myth or story created to show George Washington’s character/personality.
Was George Washington a Christian?
He was quiet about his religious beliefs so we do not know for sure if he was Christian. He did not go to Church very often. He would refer to God with words as referred to God with descriptive labels such as the “Governor of the Universe,” “Providence” and “Great Ruler of Events,” but he never wrote “Jesus Christ” in his writing to refer to God.
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