Document for June 7th:
Lee Resolution
Lee Resolution showing congressional vote, July 2, 1776
Lee Resolution showing congressional vote, July 2, 1776; Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1783; Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789, Record Group 360; National Archives.
Acting under the instruction of the Virginia Convention, Richard Henry Lee on June 7, 1776, introduced a resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposing independence for the colonies. The Lee Resolution contained three parts: a declaration of independence, a call to form foreign alliances, and "a plan for confederation."
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower's Order of the Day
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Rough sketch of the battlefield of Cross Keys, Va.
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