How Old is America on July 4th 2010?
News, Politics — By Staff on July 4, 2010 at 3:52 pm TweetThis Fourth of July, a lot of people are wondering exactly how old the United States of America is.
KnightNews.com did some digging, and found out this July 4, 2010 marks the America’s 234th birthday.
It was on July 4, 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted. The document was publicly read on July 8.
Statutes of King George in what became the United States of America were destroyed, smelted and turned into bullets to use to fight the British Empire.
Now, America’s Independence Day is filled with food, fun and fireworks.
Happy 4th of July!
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While it is true that the Declaration of Independence is dated to the 4th of July 1776,this is not the date of the founding of the USA.The declaration of independence left 13 separate independent states that had broken away from Great Britain,and were united only in a confederation(a bit like NATO today).The date where the USA was founded as an autonomous nation state is the 4th of march 1789.
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