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Captain_Scarlet wrote:what date was the Declaration of Independence actually signed?

Mr. Squirrel wrote:

Captain_Scarlet wrote:what date was the Declaration of Independence actually signed?

I know its probably wrong, but July 4, 1776

Captain_Scarlet wrote:what date was the Declaration of Independence actually signed?

Hoagy wrote:

Captain_Scarlet wrote:what date was the Declaration of Independence actually signed?

Can I have 362 guesses?



(Make it 363 'cos it was a leap year).

Hoagy wrote:

Captain_Scarlet wrote:what date was the Declaration of Independence actually signed?

Can I have 362 guesses?



(Make it 363 'cos it was a leap year).

Mr. Squirrel wrote:

Hoagy wrote:

Captain_Scarlet wrote:what date was the Declaration of Independence actually signed?

Can I have 362 guesses?



(Make it 363 'cos it was a leap year).

You would only need as many guesses as it would take to get from july to december. I doubt it was any earlier.

So, July 5th?

Captain_Scarlet wrote:well Mr Rotten is right
I just thought it odd that USA national holiday was so random with respect to its foundation

July 1-4
Congress debates and revises the Declaration of Independence.
July 4
Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence in the morning of a bright, sunny, but cool Philadelphia day. John Dunlap prints the Declaration of Independence. These prints are now called "Dunlap Broadsides." Twenty-four copies are known to exist, two of which are in the Library of Congress. One of these was Washington's personal copy.
July 5
John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, dispatches the first of Dunlap's broadsides of the Declaration of Independence to the legislatures of New Jersey and Delaware.
July 6
Pennsylvania Evening Post of July 6 prints the first newspaper rendition of the Declaration of Independence.
July 8
The first public reading of the Declaration is in Philadelphia.
July 9
Washington orders that the Declaration of Independence be read before the American army in New York
July 19
Congress orders the Declaration of Independence engrossed (officially inscribed) and signed by members.
August 2
Delegates begin to sign engrossed copy of the Declaration of Independence. A large British reinforcement arrives at New York after being repelled at Charleston, S.C.

Martin Ronne wrote:John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776, everyone else signed on July 9th. In other words today. I don't know where every one's getting this August crap form.

Hoagy wrote:
If nobody has posted a question or replied to a correct answer for two days, feel free to keep it going with a new question.

Captain_Scarlet wrote:

Martin Ronne wrote:John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776, everyone else signed on July 9th. In other words today. I don't know where every one's getting this August crap form.

Marty check again

Durrge wrote:

Hoagy wrote:
If nobody has posted a question or replied to a correct answer for two days, feel free to keep it going with a new question.

i think its been over 2 days so ill take it

This Macedonian prince is considered one of the most successful military commanders of all time, who is it?

Martin Ronne wrote:

Durrge wrote:

Hoagy wrote:
If nobody has posted a question or replied to a correct answer for two days, feel free to keep it going with a new question.

i think its been over 2 days so ill take it

This Macedonian prince is considered one of the most successful military commanders of all time, who is it?

Alexander the Great.

Martin Ronne wrote:Johann Sebastian Bach wrote 6 Brandenburg Concertos. However, he did not finnish them in the order in which they were started. What is the order in which he finished them?