The True Declaration (BG)

After reading convergences, i learned a little more about the Declaration of Independance as well as the Gettysburg Adress. I learned a little bit about both in alot of my history classess, but i can honestly say, after reading this i was more intrested than the speeches i heard before. The Declaration of Independance can be viewed today in the National Archives in Washington. I find it interesting that we call it a declaration, but its not really a declaration. Members of the commettie have revised and edited this document many times before it is presented to congress. The current copy is actually a third copy of this document. When you look at the first copy and now look at the third, you can see how much work and how many changes were made. It shows that the commettie took the time to sit down and revise this document. you can see all the scratch outs and things that were rewritten. In the Gettysburg adress, I noticed that Abraham Lincoln also made drafts of this document. I feel that it is appropriate to have many drafts concidering these are two very important documents to our history and what is written is correct and acurate. At some points it was hard for me to stay focoused on the topic, but with the guitar paired with Jhonny Cash's voice, i found it easier to pay attention to the adress and what was being said. I really enjoyed this weeks reading.