WHEREAS, citizens of the Commonwealth and the Nation join together as Americans to reflect and celebrate a unifying day in history that binds us under the ideals of freedom and justice for all; and

WHEREAS, since the first settlers landed on the shores of Jamestown in 1607, citizens of the Commonwealth have cherished the principles of liberty and self-government, as well as the protections provided under the rule of law; and

WHEREAS, our Founding Fathers' belief in personal responsibility, fundamental rights, and a desire for a limited and representative government precipitated extreme self-sacrifice in severing ties with the King of England, and thus, America’s War for Independence; and

WHEREAS, the Virginia Convention proposed a Declaration of Independence at Williamsburg in June 1776, instructing its delegates "to declare the United Colonies free and independent States, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain"; and

WHEREAS, Virginian Richard Henry Lee introduced three formal resolutions on June 7, 1776 at the Second Continental Congress promoting independence from British tyrannical rule followed by Thomas Jefferson’s draft document declaring independence from Great Britain on June 11, 1776; and

WHEREAS, the Virginia Convention proposed a Declaration of Independence at Williamsburg in June 1776 instructing its delegates “to declare the United Colonies free and independent States, absolved from all allegiance to, or dependence upon, the Crown or Parliament of Great Britain”; and

버지니아의 권리 선언은 토마스 제퍼슨이 다른 식민지의 모범 문서이자 권리 장전의 기초가 된 독립 선언서의 첫 단락에 영감을 준 것입니다.

7월에 서명된 독립선언문 4, 1776 은 생명, 자유, 행복추구의 권리, 즉 정부로부터가 아니라 창조주로부터 유래한 권리의 존재를 바탕으로 수립된 통치를 전달했습니다.

영연방 전역과 전국의 시민들은 7월 1일 4, 2022 에 모여 우리의 자유를 축하하고 독립선언문에 명시된 자유에 내재된 권리와 책임을 기억할 것입니다;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Glenn Youngkin, do hereby recognize July 4, 2022, as INDEPENDENCE DAY in the COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, and I call this observance to the attention of all our citizens.