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June 28, 1776 — The Declaration Is Delivered for Debate

Two hundred and fifty years ago today, on June 28, 1776, the Committee of Five—Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston—presented their draft of the Declaration of Independence to the Second Continental Congress.

The document was the result of weeks of private writing and intense political debate. Congress had appointed the committee earlier in the month, after Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed that the colonies declare themselves “free and independent States.” While the formal vote on Lee’s resolution was still pending, Congress knew it needed a declaration ready if independence was approved.

Jefferson, known for his eloquent pen, drafted the bulk of the text in a quiet Philadelphia boardinghouse, drawing on Enlightenment philosophy, colonial grievances, and Virginia’s own Declaration of Rights. He consulted Adams and Franklin on revisions before the draft was sent to Congress.

When the committee submitted the document on June 28, it was read and laid on the table for future debate. In the days ahead, Congress would edit and revise the text—cutting lines, softening charges, and removing Jefferson’s attack on the slave trade.

But on this day, the colonies took a defining step. What had once been scattered complaints and armed resistance was now being shaped into a single, soaring argument: that the people of America had the right to be free.