Each year, Americans celebrate the Fourth of July. The occasion is in honor of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by Congress.
26 original copies of the Declaration of Independence still exist
George Washington’s reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 9, 1776, led to a riot in New York City, resulting in King George III’s statue being torn downthe Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and other documents were secretly stashed at Fort Knox during World War IIThe Fourth of July wasn’t made a federal holiday until 1870The oldest Fourth of July parade is in the smallest stateFourth of July is celebrated with parades, concerts, fireworks and more.
On July 5, Philadelphia printer John Dunlap sent out all the copies he made to newspapers across the 13 colonies, in addition to commanders of the Continental troops and local politicians. There were initially hundreds of copies known as"Dunlap broadsides," but only 26 of them survive today and are mostly exhibited in museum and library collections.
4. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution and other documents were secretly stashed at Fort Knox during World War II After the attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, Secret Service Agent Harry Neal was tasked with transferring"priceless historical documents" to a secure facility away from Washington, D.C. After meeting with librarian Archibald MacLeish at the Library of Congress, Neal orchestrated the logistics of how they would discreetly transport the documents out of D.C. to Fort Knox, which is near Louisville, Kentucky.
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