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2. 22 Surprising Facts About the 4th of July & Its History - AOL

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   Read on for some more interesting and fun 4th of July facts and history and enjoy July 4, 2024 by showing them off at your barbecue. Related: 50 Songs About America For Your July 4th Playlist.

3. The History of the 4th of July and Why We Celebrate It - AOL

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   4th of July sparklers—These hand-held fireworks are family favorites during the 4th of July. The colored flames and sparks help light up the area on America’s birthday.

4. Fourth of July 2023: How did the national holiday originate ...

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   In Bristol, Rhode Island, a salute of 13 gunshots in the morning and evening marked the day in 1777, the country’s first formal Fourth of July celebration and a point of pride in the town to ...

5. Independence Day (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Held since 1785, the Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island, is the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States. [38] Since 1868, Seward, Nebraska, has held a celebration on the same town square. In 1979 Seward was designated "America's Official Fourth of July City-Small Town USA" by resolution of Congress.

6. July 4 - Wikipedia

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   New stars would be added on July 4 after a new state had been admitted. [2] 1827 – Slavery is abolished in the State of New York. 1831 – Samuel Francis Smith writes "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" for the Boston, Massachusetts July 4 festivities. 1832 – John Neal delivers the first public lecture in the US to advocate the rights of women. [3] [4]

7. Ancient and Horribles Parade - Wikipedia

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   Ancient and Horribles Parade, founded in 1926, is a nationally known Fourth of July parade on U.S. Route 44 (Putnam Pike) in the village of Chepachet, Rhode Island, in the town of Glocester. Parades of horribles were a New England tradition dating back prior to the 1870s or earlier in various small towns across New England.

8. Surprise Everyone at Your BBQ With These Fun 4th of July Facts

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   Former President Barack Obama's older daughter was born on the 4th of July. Malia Obama, now 25, was born on July 4, 1998. John Hancock was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence.

9. July Fourth (Grandma Moses) - Wikipedia

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   July Fourth is a 1951 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 91 and signed "Moses". It is now in the White House, whose collections it entered in 1952. It shows a summer scene of people celebrating Independence Day, set in a typical Moses green summer setting. The figures are taking part in a parade, a ...