Heyz people so now I will be sharing… 9 facts about the Declaration of Independence that (hopefully) you didn’t know! So these will be a straight forward summary of the facts, for more information just google them and you should find lot’s of evidence of the following so lets just get into this casual Blog Post about the American Revolution. 
Fact number one… SO WHO KNEW THAT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE WASN’T SIGNED ON JULY 4TH?! I thought it was but apparently not because July 4th (Independence Day for you states people) was just the day the Declaration was officially adopted… the actual signing would take place around a month later.
Fact number 2… more than one copy of the document existed. Sure there was just one “Official” document but before the signing and after the adoption, overseen by the Committee of 5, took place the reproduction of the approved text. These copies called the Dunlap Broadsides would then be distributed to the 13 colonies to printing presses, officials, troops and others in a high standing. Hundreds of copies were believed to have been printed however only 26 have survived to this day. Most are held in museums and libraries while 3 are privately owned.

Fact number 3 was when the Declaration reached NewYork and was read aloud to the people, all the people broke out cheering and started a riot against the British Navy present. The statue of George III was melted down into 42,000 musket balls for the growing American Army. O.O
Fact number 4, there were 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence however 8 were born in Britain. All other delegates were born in America.
And finally FACT NUMBER 5, one of the delegates, Richard Stockton was captured, thrown in jail, and tortured and after many months with small amounts of food and this harshness, he revoked his signature on the Declaration and swore Allegiance to King George III. Broken when he was given back his freedom he took a new oath of loyalty to the state of New Jersey. 
For me after finding these facts, it feels like I’m searching unknown and forgotten things from the past and it’t not necessarily true but the fact that these cool facts are so not well know is so weird because they are amazing yet they were forgotten or lost to many. THANKS ANYWAYS AND GOOD BYE.