"The most memorable epocha in the history of America, July 2" ??

  

The 1724 Courthouse from c.1855 in the 400 block of the Avenue of the States in Chester. It was hear on July 4th that residents had the Declaration of Independence read to them. The above picture is from 1c.1855. The courthouse was modernized in the 1870's and 50 years later was remodeled again to look like it did originally.

July 2nd, the greatest day in American History!!!

    It is hard to imagine today what really happened almost 250 years ago with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The state delegates  met for several weeks the document before finally taking a vote to free themselves from British rule. The day the vote was taken was July 2nd, 1776. The next day, July 3rd was spent deciding how to announce the vote to the American People and also getting printed copies of the Declaration of Independence for people to see. On July 4th the official announcement was made and copies of the Declaration of Independence passed out.
    It was not signed till August by a just few delegates and over the next few years the rest of the delegates signed. For a number of years after July 2 was considered the day of independence when the vote was taken not July 4th when the official vote was announced.
   Below is part of a letter John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail on July 3, 1776.
 JU"The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding  generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.it ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward to forevermore"..