5 famous myths about the birth of the United States

bu.edu — According to Peter Drummey, a librarian at the Massachusetts Historical Society, much of what we believe is false: 231 years later, our commonly accepted versions of revolutionary events are often more myth than fact. Do you know that America’s independence was actually declared by the Second Continental Congress on July 2, 1776, Drummey says. Jul 3, 2008 View in Crawl 4