20 BANNED Facts About July 4th That Americans Were NEVER Supposed to Know

The commonly accepted facts about July 4th are largely incorrect: the Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776, but not signed until August 2, 1776; John Adams believed July 2nd was the true independence date; the holiday wasn't an official federal holiday until 1870 and wasn't a paid day off until 1938; the famous painting of the signing is fabricated; and the Liberty Bell wasn't named that until 1835, nearly 60 years after the revolution.