Did you know that the Continetal Congress voted to declare independence on July 2nd? This was a big vote, these folk's vote was treason. Treason wasn't any safer then than it is now.
So why do we celebrate July 4th as Independence Day? That was the day they ratified Jefferson's Declaration and sent it off to the king.
Yellow journalism isn't new either. British papers used three full columns to talk about British General Howe kicking our ass off Bunker Hill, but only three inches were devoted to the Delaration and those three inches were satire.
Jefferson's original Declaration was a bit longer than the one Congress ratified. Each change they made cut Jefferson like a knife. The lesson? Never write a document that is going to be reviewed by a committee. I think this is still good advice.
Washington wasn't a very good military man when he was appointed Commander and Chief. Fortunately he knew it and the British were very arrogant. Otherwise we'd probably still be a British colony.
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