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New York Authorizes Independence: July 9, 1776

July 9, 2026

"Pulling Down the Statue of King George III" by Johannes Adam Simon Oertel, circa 1859. On the night of July 9, 1776, after the Declaration of Independence was read aloud to Washington's troops, a crowd in lower Manhattan tore down the gilded lead statue of the king and recast it into musket balls.

On July 9, 1776, New York became the thirteenth and last colony to authorize independence. That same night, its citizens tore down a two-ton statue of King George III on Bowling Green and melted it down into bullets.

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Georgia Votes for Independence: July 2, 1776

July 2, 2026

Button Gwinnett, one of three Georgia delegates who voted for independence on July 2, 1776. His signature is among the rarest and most valuable of any signer of the Declaration of Independence, because he died in a duel less than a year later.

On July 2, 1776, Georgia's three delegates voted for independence in the Continental Congress. None of them had been born in Georgia. The youngest colony was represented by a merchant from Gloucestershire alongside a defrocked Connecticut minister and a Virginia-born lawyer.

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South Carolina Votes Yes: July 2, 1776

July 2, 2026

Edward Rutledge of South Carolina, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence at age 26, who changed his vote from no to yes on the night of July 1, 1776 to bring South Carolina over for independence

On July 2, 1776, South Carolina voted for independence in the Continental Congress. The night before, the youngest delegate in the entire Congress, Edward Rutledge at age 26, had changed his mind and brought his colony over.

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