On this historic day I thought I would go back and visit another historic day and add to my list of the 10 dates I would like to visit in the past:

3. July 4th, 1776 – Philadelphia – Independence Square

If I have to explain the historical, societal, cultural, any other –al of this date to you then get out of my blog. Philadelphia is where this country we call The United States of America began. Suck it Boston and New York. Our founding fathers gathered in Independence Hall to write what many believe to be the most important document in human history. Never before had colonies joined together and decided that enough is enough and it was time to take their independence from their mother county. Tired of taxation without representation and all that other exploitation the smartest men in the New World gathered together to declare their independence from the British crown.

The document was read aloud in Independence Square on July 4th, 1776, and the magnitude of those words were soon felt the world over. Who were these brave men who dared defy a super power? How could a ragtag bunch of rebels defeat the mighty red coats? These questions and more were proposed when the 56 men of the Second Continental Congress officially signed and adopted the Declaration of Independence. Although they were some of the finest minds in the New World, I doubt many of the men in that room realized the implications this document would have for years to come.

To be one of those people in the crowd and the first to hear those monumental words to the document would be astonishing. I would love to see the faces of those in the crowd; did they really understand what was happening? Not to mention I would be in the city I love the most at a time when it was the most important city in the New World. Not gonna lie, it would also be kind of cool to dress in some colonial garb. Who knows maybe even I would be able to catch a glimpse of my favorite founding father, Benjamin Franklin and shake the hand of one of the smartest men to ever grace this planet. I will leave you with a quote from my friend Ben at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, “We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”