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| | Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter: July 2005 |
 | | She brings to her new position more than 20 years of experience in the non-profit and higher education areas, including skills in public relations, marketing, fundraising and constituent relations. |
 | | On this Fourth of July, we the National Archives honor especially those men and women -- from the Revolution to the present -- who have fought, bled, and given their lives so that all Americans might today enjoy the privileges of freedom and independence. |
 | | On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to declare "that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states." But no signing actually took place on July 4th, and only on July 19th did Congress vote to inscribe the document on parchment. |
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