Good Leadership Outlasts the Leader

On July 2, 1776, the 2nd Continental Congress, in session in Philadelphia, ended its debate on whether America should remain a colony of Great Britain or become a new and independent nation. John Adams and Benjamin Franklin reviewed the draft of the Declaration, written by Thomas Jefferson, that stated why America wished to be independent. The document stated: 

“Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.”

In a letter to his wife, Abigail, John Adams wrote how he envisioned the day should be celebrated:

“The Second Day of July 1776, will be the most memorable...

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