John Trumbull's 'Declaration of Independence' is probably how you picture the original Fourth of July. Here's what's wrong with it
Francis G. Mayer/Corbis/VCG—Getty ImagesDeclaration of Independence, July 4, 1776,”
so it’s no surprise that many people think it depicts the signing of the Declaration of Independence on that fateful day in Philadelphia, at the building now known as Independence Hall. For a time, the painting was displayed in the Capitol Rotunda withThe only problem is that that’s not actually what the painting shows.
One major issue is the matter of when the Declaration of Independence was actually signed. Two days earlier — on July 2, 1776 — Congress had approved Richard Henry Lee’s resolution stating why the Founding Fathers were declaring independence from Britain. On July 4, 1776, the document we know as the Declaration of Independence waswhich is why that date appears on it.
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