Technically,
September 3rd, 1783 was Independence Day.
That's the day that Britain legally recognized the independence of our 13 sovereign States.
That's the day that our War of Independence became victoriously
complete.
Mind you: July 4th is more powerful as a
symbolic day, no argument.
But it ain't our "Independence Day".
It's our "
Rebellion Day."
That's the day that we collectively declared War against the most powerful nation in the galaxy. I say "collectively", meaning all 13 Colonies, because of course we Yankees initiated that War
a year earlier, and
led the rest to Rebellion!
But a War had then to be
fought...and to be
won.
And it had to be won against the most powerful State ~ not the most powerful
Army, as has been many times erroneously stated
~ in the
world.
Otherwise, our so-called "Independence Day" would have as much meaning, now, as that of, for instance,
Texas, which
twice declared Independence ~ once against Mexico and once against us ~ but was never ~ this is not a typo ~
never a legally recognized independent and sovereign state or nation.
Lone star, my
@$$.