Happy Independence Day and another spread for Try it on Tuesday

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Today we celebrate the 4th of July.  I thought you might enjoy a few fun facts I learned as I researched this holiday we in the States associate with hot dogs and fireworks.  I took this information from the web site Constitution Facts:

We celebrate American Independence Day on the Fourth of July every year. We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation.

But July 4, 1776 wasn't the day that the Continental Congress decided to declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776).

It wasn’t the day we started the American Revolution either (that had happened back in April 1775).

And it wasn't the day Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence (that was in June 1776). Or the date on which the Declaration was delivered to Great Britain (that didn't happen until November 1776). Or the date it was signed (that was August 2, 1776).

So what, according to Constitution Facts did happen on July 4, 1776?

The Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. They'd been working on it for a couple of days after the draft was submitted on July 2nd and finally agreed on all of the edits and changes.

July 4, 1776, became the date that was included on the Declaration of Independence, and the fancy handwritten copy that was signed in August (the copy now displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) It’s also the date that was printed on the Dunlap Broadsides, the original printed copies of the Declaration that were circulated throughout the new nation. So when people thought of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 was the date they remembered.

Interesting facts indeed.  And now you and I know why we call today Independence Day.

Now let's visit Try it on Tuesday where their theme this fortnight is "Create a scene."

This is my second set of pages I created from across the U.S.A.

Karen asked about one of the images I showed yesterday, and it hit me I hadn't told where all these places were in the States.  I believe this is a building in Alaska, but I can't find information on it, and I threw the original information away.

If you've been here, or know where this is, please let me know.

I've been to Samuel Langhorne Clemens, aka Mark Twain's home in Hannibal, Missouri (MO).  The white washed fence like the one Tom Sawyer got Ben Rogers and other boys to paint, surrounds the home.

These are the remains of the volcano that erupted in 1980 at Mount St. Helens in Washington (WA) state.

The top battle is from Pea Ridge in Arkansas.  Pea Ridge was the pivotal Civil War battle west of the Mississippi River and is one of the most intact Civil War battlefields in the United States.  I bought a small metal canon at their gift shop.

If you make it to Baton Rouge, Louisiana (LA), be sure to stop at Three Rolls Estates.  They even give you a small glass of their rum.  You can choose from several including white and dark rums.  I assure you, the glass was small enough, it didn't take long for the "buzz" I got from the rum to wear off.

The photo on the right is from Boothbay Harbor, Maine (ME) Botanical Garden.

I haven't been here, but I believe Divers and Sundry has.  It's the Hall of Awards, a part of Elvis Presley's mansion tour at Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee (TN).

For these pages, I began by laying down dye ink direct to paper (DTP). I also colored "Sights across the"  and "USA" using the same dye ink.   All images came from various travel magazines.  All mats were paint chip samples I've had for years, and need to use or get rid of.  The words were computer generated, then colored as noted. 

Thanks for your visit today.  I appreciate it, as does Bleubeard.  Don't forget to visit Try it on Tuesday and check out how others Create a Scene.