J is for July 4th

The fourth of July is a day my wife and I remember well - it's the day that Chris and I were married, over 26 years ago! And many around the world celebrate along with us, as it is also the anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence...

... except, of course, it isn't...

It's now generally accepted that the Declaration of Independence wasn't actually signed on the Fourth of July — the Second Continental Congress had officially voted for independence on July 2nd 1776. The final text was agreed and officially adopted on July 4th 1776 and copies given to be various political committees, but the majority of the 56 people who signed the official (and larger print) copy did so on August 2nd 1776, with others following at a later date. John Hancock (president of the Congress) signed his name on the earlier drafts and again on the official version (and was the largest and therefore most visible name - hence why his name is now a popular pseudonym for a signature).

There you go...