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Old 07-06-2009, 10:06 PM   #39 (permalink)
Cretaceous Bob
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Originally Posted by Mr. Bean View Post
Hate to bring this up, being a few days old, however America's birthday is July 2. That is when the The Declaration of Independence was first submitted by Thomas Jefferson. It just took 2 days for the Founding Fathers to get to the debate on the issue, and only then was the document rushed through the congress.
Well, really, one could make the case that America was born in April of 1775, and it only got its official birth certificate over a year later.
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