But John Adams ... was July 4. Adams, a leader of the American Revolution who became the first vice president and the second president of the United States, thought July 2 was the date that ...

But John Adams believed July 2, 1776, was the really the big day. In one of the two letters he wrote to his wife Abigail from Philadelphia on July 3, 1776, John Adams said: "I am apt to believe ...

Given that you probably spent July 2 at your desk, no games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, or illuminations in sight, you might ask yourself, “What gives, John Adams?” It was on July 2 that ...

Everybody (presumably) knows that July 4th is America’s Independence Day. But John Adams, who had a lot to ... Because it was on July 2, 1776, that the Second Continental Congress meeting ...

Lee first introduced the resolution June 7, 1776, prompting Congress, four days later, to establish the Committee of Five — composed of John Adams ... prevail. On July 2, 1776, Lee’s ...

During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776 ... A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail: "The ...

Planning on enjoying fireworks this Fourth of July? Thank America’s first veep: John Adams ... voted for independence on July 2, 1776 — yes, July 2 — Adams wrote a letter from Philadelphia ...

declaration. What we are saying, however, is that Adams never said the quote about conquering and enslaving a country by sword or debt. Atienza, Elias. "FACT CHECK: Did John Adams Say ...

Richard Henry Lee-July 2, 1776 Today, Sunday ... to write a formal declaration of independence. Its members were John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Roger Sherman ...

WERTHEIMER: That's Peyton Dixon, who will perform as John Adams tomorrow at Philadelphia's Independence Hall. DAVID GREENE, HOST: In the letter, Adams celebrates the 2 of July. That was when the ...

But John Adams ... was July 4. Adams, a leader of the American Revolution who became the first vice president and the second president of the United States, thought July 2 was the date that ...