On what day was the Declaration of Independance signed?

Question

don't be smart enough & tell me the 4th of July, I mean what day on the week (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday...)

Answer 1

Some more details
On the day the document was approved --THURSDAY, July 4. 1776-- John Hancock as President of the Continental Congress, signed it in everyone's behalf. ALSO (and often forgotten), Charles Thompson, the Secretary of Congress, signed in attestation of Hancock.

As Jack noted, the other members began to sign it in August. That was after the official version was engrossed in parchment and returned from the printer's. Actually, MOST of them signed it on the same day -- August 2 (a FRIDAY).

Four of the 56 signers added their signatures later --two in September, one in November, one (Thomas McKean) perhaps sometime in the following year, but that's debated, since he himself claimed to have signed it in late August**. (Clearly we don't have an exact date for McKean's signing, but I'm not sure if we know the precise date for the other three or note.)

http://research.history.org/pf/signers/index.cfm

**http://research.history.org/pf/signers/bio_mckean.cfm

Answer 2

July 4, 1776 was a Thursday. John Hancock signed the document on that day. But he was the only one to sign it. The others did not sign until August. And they did not all sign on the same day.

Answer 3

in spite of Trumbull's admired portray and that dramatic bell-rining scene in "1776," a unmarried mass signing did not easily take position. The signing did not start up till August 2 and lasted into November.

Answer 4

It was a Thursday.

Answer 5

thursday