JULY Traditional Cache
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JULY 4TH 1776 THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WAS SIGNED BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS WHICH ANNOUNCED THAT THE THIRTEEN AMERICAN COLONIES, THEN AT WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN, REGARDED THEMSELVES AS INDEPENDENT STATES, AND NO LONGER A PART OF BRITISH EMPIRE. JOHN ADAMS HAD PUT FORTH A RESOLUTION EARLIER IN THE YEAR, MAKING A SUBSEQUENT FORMAL DECLARATION INEVITABLE. A COMMITTEE WAS ASSEMBLED TO DRAFT THE FORMAL DECLARATION, TO BE READY WHEN CONGRESS VOTED ON INDEPENDENCE. ADAMS PERSUADED THE COMMITTEE TO SELECT THOMAS JEFFERSON TO COMPOSE THE ORIGINAL DRAFT OF THE DOCUMENT, WHICH CONGRESS WOULD EDIT TO PRODUCE THE FINAL VERSION. THE DECLARATION WAS ULTIMATELY A FORMAL EXPLANATION OF WHY CONGRESS HAD VOTED ON JULY 2ND TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM GREAT BRITAIN, MORE THAN A YEAR AFTER THE OUTBREAK OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THE INDEPENDENCE DAY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS CELEBRATED ON JULY 4TH, THE DAY CONGRESS APPROVED THE WORDING OF THE DECLARATION. AFTER RATIFYING THE TEXT ON JULY 4TH, CONGRESS ISSUED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN SEVERAL FORMS. IT WAS INITIALLY PUBLISHED AS A PRINT ED BROADSIDE THAT WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AND READ TO THE PUBLIC. THE MOST FAMOUS VERSION OF THE DECLARATION, A SIGNED COPY THAT IS USUALLY REGARDED AS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, IS DISPLAYED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ALTHOUGH THE WORDING OF THE DECLARATION WAS APPROVED ON JULY 4TH, THE DATE OF IT'S SIGNING WAS AUGUST 2ND. THE ORIGINAL JULY 4TH, UNITED STATES DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE MANUSCRIPT WAS LOST WHILE ALL OTHER COPIES HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM THIS ORIGINAL DOCUMENT.
THE IS THE SEVENTH CACHE IN MY MONTHS OF THE YEAR SERIES..NOTHING SPECIAL NEEDED TO FIND THIS CACHE JUST YOUR ABILITY TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE AND COME LOOK FOR IT.
WISH EVERYBODY THE BEST OF TIMES DURING THIS MONTH AND DON'T FORGET TO REMEMBER WHY WE REALLY HAVE THIS DAY AS A HOLIDAY AND NOT JUST FOR THE FIREWORKS.
THIS CACHE IS AN MICRO IN THE WOODS SO IF YOU DONT LIKE HUNTING THESE YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED, EVEN THROUGH THEY ARE SIMPLE HIDES AND NOT HARD TO FIND. MAKE SURE YOU BRING YOUR OWN WRITING STICK.
Congrats NCDAYWALKER on the First to Find
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