That July 4 is the anniversary of the 1776 signing of the American Declaration of Independence from Britain may at best draw a yawn from anyone not born in or living in America. Other stuff happens on July 4, even if we American's are too busy to notice.
For instance, on this date in 1862 Reverend Charles Dodgson and Reverend Robinson Duckworth, rowed up the Isis River, near Oxford England with the three daughters of Henry Liddell, the Dean of Christ Church, Lorina (13) Alice (10) and Edith (8). To amuse the children during their journey Dodgson told the girls a story, a story of a bored little girl who goes looking for adventure. The girls loved the tale and asked Dodgson to write it down for them. He began the manuscript the next day although he did not present the children with " Alice's Adventures Under Ground" until November 1864.
Pleased by the girl's reaction, Dodgson, writing as Lewis Carroll, went to work preparing Alice's tale for publication, expanding his story and illustrations. The world finally met Alice's Adventures in Wonderland in November 1865.
Happy Independence Day friends!
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