July 4th: Independence Day

hey welcome to watchmojo.com i’m your
host medicine today the fourth of july
today Americans celebrate the adoption
of the Declaration of Independence which
was established on july 4th 1776 and
declared independence from the kingdom
of great britain now like anything else
is always controversy as to whether or
not the dates are correct well let me
try to sort that out for you on june
eighth the first official movement for
independence was made on july second a
secret vote was held to declare
independence from the kingdom of great
britain now to all of the 13 states
approved of this with the exception of
New York so Congress reworked the
declaration and it was finally approved
two days later on july 4th now here’s a
little bit of trivia for you only John
Hancock the president of the Continental
Congress and the secretary Charles
Thompson actually signed the Declaration
on july 4th everyone else signed in
August with the last signature finally
coming five years later so however you
celebrate your independence weekend
whether it’s a barbecue of fireworks
happy fourth of July