Staying in one position for any length of time increases the risk that the lower legs, feet, or hands will swell because body fluid will normally move down a limb from the effects of gravity. Swelling can also be caused by heat-related problems, such as heat edema from working or being active in a hot environment.
The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred (primarily) on August 2, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress, representing the thirteen self-declared United States of America, endorsed the Declaration of Independence that ...
The American Declaration of Independence was written during the  month of June 1776 (roughly June 11th to June 28th, with slight  variations following), with the primary dra â¦ fts penned by Thomas  Jefferson.Revisions were made by other members of the same  committee of which Jefferson was a part. It was written in what is now called Declaration House.. Thomas Jefferson rented a second floor space in the house of a bricklayer named Graff at 7th and Market Streets â¦ near the outskirts of Philadelphia, because he couldn't work in all the noise in the main part of town.