Historians have long disputed whether members of Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, even though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin all later wrote that they had signed it on that day.
历史学家对大陆会议是否的确在7月4日签署《独立宣言》存在长期的争议，尽管约翰·亚当斯、托马斯·杰斐逊、本杰明·富兰克林后来都写道他们在那一天签署宣言。