American history myths: 7 things people get wrong

Jem Duducu is wrong on calling 4th of July a myth. He states in his own article, "The final version of the Declaration was committed to paper, adopted by the Continental Congress and signed by John Hancock, president of the Congress, on 4 July 1776; however, it took months to get the remaining 56 of the required signatures." That makes it 4 July 1776 to me. And with regard to the war, the war was just the process of explaining it all to the British in a way they could understand.

And then, his thing about colonists not rebelling against the British is hooey as well. The fact that there were loyalists as well as rebels doesn't change the fact that there was a rebellion going on.

Then I see this guy works for the BBC? Ah, it all makes sense. Redcoats.

True, that many people haven't actually learned the facts about History but only what they may have heard. The rumor mill is nothing new ! A good study of History and a research to find out what is and isn't fact could well help prevent a repeat of items that either weren't learned or misunderstood as the version learned my not have been 100% accurate. Often it depends on Who tells the story and what their motives are.

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