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Celebrating
40 Tears In
Bethpage
SERVING BETHPAGE, ISLAND TREES, OLD BETHPAGE, PLAINVIEW, SEAFORD AND PLAINEDGE
i VOL.41 NO.27
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FORTY CENTS July 4-10,2003 ~ !
227th Birthday America
Story of Independence Day
Independence Day is the
national holiday of the United States
of America commemorating the
signing of the Declaration of
Independence by the Continental
Congress on July 4, 1776, in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the time of the signing the US
consisted of 13 colonies under the
rule of England's King George III.
There was growing unrest in the
colonies concerning the taxes that
had to be paid to England. This was
commonly referred to as "Taxation
without Representation" as the
colonists did not have any
representation in the English
Parliament and had no say in what
went on. As the unrest grew in the
colonies, King George sent extra
troops to help control any rebellion.
In 1774 the 13 colonies sent
delegates to Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania to form the First
Continental Congress. The
delegates were unhappy with
England, but were not yet ready to
declare war.
The following May the colonies
again sent delegates to the Second
Continental Congress. For almost a
year the congress tried to work out
its differences with England, again
without formally declaring war.
By June 1776 their efforts had
become hopeless and a committee
was formed to compose a formal
declaration of independence.
Headed by Thomas Jefferson, the
committee included John Adams,
Benjamin Franklin, Philip Livingston
and Roger Sherman. Thomas
Jefferson was chosen to write the
first draft which was presented to the
congress on June 28. After various
changes a vote was taken late in the
afternoon of July 4th. Of the 13
colonies, 9 voted in favor of the
Declaration, 2 - Pennsylvania and
South Carolina voted No, Delaware
undecided and New York abstained.
The following day copies of the
Declaration were distributed. The
first newspaper to print the
Declaration was the Pennsylvania
Evening Post on July 6, 1776. On
July 8th the Declaration had its first
public reading in Philadelphia's
Independence Square. Twice that
day the Declaration was read to
cheering crowds and pealing church
bells. Even the bell in Independence
Hall was rung. The "Province Bell"
would later be renamed "Liberty
Bell" after its inscription -
Proclaim Liberty Throughout All
the Land Unto All the Inhabitants
Thereof
The Declaration of Independence
of the Thirteen Colonies
(Known as the Birth Certificate of the United States)
First two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence
In CONGRESS
The unanimous Declaration of the
thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human
events, it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands
which have connected them with
another, and to assume among the
powers of the earth, the separate
and equal station to which the Laws
of Nature and of Nature's God entitle
them, a decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires that
they should declare the causes which
impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident,
that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable
Rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty, and the pursuit of
, July 4, 1776
Happiness. That to secure these
rights, Governments are instituted
among Men, deriving their just
powers from the consent of the
governed. That whenever any Form
of Government becomes destructive
of these ends, it is the Right of the -
People to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute new Government, laying its
foundation on such principles and
organizing its powers in such form,
as to them shall seem most likely to
effect their Safety and Happiness.
Contents taken from the records of
The National Archives and
Administration, Washington, D.C.
Courtesy of American Legion
Auxiliary #86, Bethpage
Joan Poppe
We Celebrate Our Independence
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Bethpage-Tribune_2003-07-04 |
| Subject | Newspaper |
| Description | This is a Newspaper distributed locally within Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Island Trees, Plainedge and Seaford. |
| Creator | Florence Cullem |
| Publisher | Florence Cullem |
| Contributors | Scanned and Prepared by Hudson Microimaging, Port Ewen, New York 12466. |
| Date | 2010 |
| Type | Periodical |
| Format | PDF; TIFF |
| Source | Bethpage Public Library |
| Language | English |
| Coverage | United States |
| Rights | The Newspaper is in the public Domain and Digital Rights Held by Bethpage Public Library. |
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