Hurrah for the Declaration of Independence proclaimed July 4, 1776! - or was it July 2, or Aug. 2, or Oct. 10, 1774?

The inscribed document that made us a nation was read from the steps of the Philadelphia State House on July 4, 1776. However, it had been proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia and adopted by the Second Continental Congress two days earlier. It was not signed by delegates until Aug. 2.

Americans were a cantankerous lot in our early days - rebelling often against central government authority.

We are well aware of the 1776 War For Independence (a.k.a. the American Revolution); and the most recent 1861 War Between The States (a.k.a. the Civil War).

Quick! Who was the first president of the United States?

If you said "George Washington," go the end of the line. He was the 12th - 15th if you count the first three presidents of the Continental Congress of 13 colonies.

Though every aspect of George Washington's life and deeds has been thoroughly recorded, very little has been noted about the one document written by him about himself -- his last will and testament.

The Revolutionary War commander-in-chief and first president of the United States died December 14, 1799, at age 67.