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The fireworks in the sky, have a different meaning, to each individual that watches.
The meaning of gathering with family, friends, and good colleagues from the workplace, on this day, may vary.
Independence Day, July 4th
Mary Katherine Goddard
If you've never noticed it or heard of her, you aren't alone.
(She's a Founding Mother.)
Goddard put her full name at the bottom of all the copies of the Declaration that her printing presses churned out and distributed to the colonies. It was the first copy young America would see that included the original signer's names - and Congress commissioned her for the important job.
Sure, there's the famous original copy in Thomas Jefferson's elegant penmanship.
Beautifully written, boldly stated, it was famously signed by the Founding Fathers on July 4th. But neither Americans nor the British saw that copy.
Instead, days and weeks later, they got a hastily-printed, mistake-laden, nearly anonymous document that was the 1776 version of the ALL CAPS EMAIL signed by PATRIOT1776. Signing your name to something like this was considered treason.
It was done on the night of that July 4, when the founders asked Irish immigrant John Dunlap to print 200 copies. The only names on it were John Hancock and secretary Charles Thomson, who was listed as a witness. It was read to troops on the front lines and a copy was sent to England.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...claration-of-independence-20170703-story.html
On this Independence Day, let's also celebrate the story of a forgotten patriot who used the power of the press to help build this nation.
The meaning of gathering with family, friends, and good colleagues from the workplace, on this day, may vary.
Independence Day, July 4th
Mary Katherine Goddard
If you've never noticed it or heard of her, you aren't alone.
(She's a Founding Mother.)
Goddard put her full name at the bottom of all the copies of the Declaration that her printing presses churned out and distributed to the colonies. It was the first copy young America would see that included the original signer's names - and Congress commissioned her for the important job.
Sure, there's the famous original copy in Thomas Jefferson's elegant penmanship.
Beautifully written, boldly stated, it was famously signed by the Founding Fathers on July 4th. But neither Americans nor the British saw that copy.
Instead, days and weeks later, they got a hastily-printed, mistake-laden, nearly anonymous document that was the 1776 version of the ALL CAPS EMAIL signed by PATRIOT1776. Signing your name to something like this was considered treason.
It was done on the night of that July 4, when the founders asked Irish immigrant John Dunlap to print 200 copies. The only names on it were John Hancock and secretary Charles Thomson, who was listed as a witness. It was read to troops on the front lines and a copy was sent to England.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...claration-of-independence-20170703-story.html
On this Independence Day, let's also celebrate the story of a forgotten patriot who used the power of the press to help build this nation.
