The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S.

All In the Same Boat

WASHINGTON — On July 4, 246 years ago, the Second Continental Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, but it would take about a month before any one of the delegates actually signed their name. Not everyone’s home assembly was on board with the vote. In fact, there were many in the colonies that still had feelings for the crown and didn’t want to leave the fa...