By: Luan Zuccarello
Do you get that patriotic feeling while you attend your BBQ, firework display or ball game? Sorry to burst your bubble but like most holidays the 4th of July is a fraud. The actual legal separation from Great Britain happened on July 2nd when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence. I guess our founding fathers went out and got wasted that night because the hangover lasted till July 4th, when John Adams came up with the brilliant notion that they should write this down. The Declaration of Independence was drawn up but was not signed by everyone until the end of August 1776. My advice: party like a rock star from the beginning of July till the end of August. You are bound to celebrate the birth of our nation.
Fun Fact – Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe all died on July 4th
Note: This article was published on the 8th of July but written on the 3rd. Billy BeerSlugger was too busy drinking beers and manning a grill in honor of our founding fathers to get it in there.
Fun fact #2 is that Jefferson and Adams were longtime political rivals. When Adams died, his final words were “Jefferson lives”, unaware that Jefferson had actually already passed away that day. Gotta love the “West Wing” for that tidbit of knowledge.