Memorable July dates - 3/4 - July 4, 1776

 Vahe H Apelian

This is the third installment of my “Memorable July dates” blog. The dates I have in mind are July 1, 1846, July 2, 1972,  July 4, 1776, and July 9, 1976. 

Today, July 4, 2024, the UI.S. of America celebrates the 248^th anniversary of its declaration of independence on July 4, 1776, while I celebrate its 48^th anniversary having arrived on its hospitable shore in July, 1976. 

The declaration phrase is mostly known. What is revolutionary is not as much as its upholding the right of life and liberty but also the pursuit of happiness. That surely was and still is revolutionary.

What fascinates me are the wordings of the declaration of independence, such as, “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,” and that the People have the right to alter or to abolish any Form of Government that becomes destructive but not for light and transient causes. 

Representative from the thirteen original thirteen Colonies, read states, have signed the document among them stands out the signature of the sole representative from Massachusetts, John Hancock. His signature went into history as to how a person’s signature should look, beautifully scripted, bold, and impressive.

 

I quote the first paragraph in its entirety and part of the second paragraph.:

 

“In Congress, July 4, 1776: “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

 

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their Safety and Happiness.....”

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 As to July 1, 1846 the Armenian Evangelical Church was established in Constantinople, Turkey. Read the following link:e http://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2024/07/memorable-july-dates-1-2-4-and-9.html).

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As to July 2, 1972 and July 9, 1976, they are personal. If interested I invite you to read the attached blog linked below. Not on July 2, 1972 but on July 9, 1976 I made my  most westerly journey. Read the link below, if inerested.

Not on July 2, 1972 but on July 9, 1976

http://vhapelian.blogspot.com/2024/07/not-on-july-2-1972-but-on-july-9-1976.html