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YOUR OFFICIAL HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER
VOL. 33 NO. 26 July 2-July 8,1999 40 CENTS
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Happy Birthday America
Yon Are 223 Years Old On
The 4th Of July
(otherwise known as Independence Day)
The Declaration of Independence is the fundamental document establishing the United
States as a nation. The declaration was ordered and approved by the Continental Congress,
and written largely by Thomas Jefferson. It declared the Thirteen Colonies represented in
the Continental Congress independent from Great Britain, offered reasons for the
separation, and laid out the principles for which the Revolutionary War was fought. The
signers included John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Hancock, and Jefferson.
The Day the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on
July 4, 1776 and is commemorated as the Fourth of July, or Independence Day.
"The Second Day of July 1776 will be the most memorable Epocha, in the history of
America...It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parade, with Shews, Games, Sports,
Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other from
this Time forward forever more."
—John Adams to Abigail Adams, July 3, 1776
The Declaration of Independence
(Known as the Birth Certificate of the United States.
First two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence.)
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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 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 $afety
and Happiness.
Contents taken form the records of The National Archives and Administration, Washington, D.C.
Courtesy of American Legion Auxiliary #86, Bethpage
Joan Poppe
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| Title | Bethpage-Tribune_1999-07-02 |
| 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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