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Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
The 4th of July (also known as Independence Day) is an American holiday celebrated on July 4th annually. The 4th of July falls on a Sunday this year, which means it will be observed on Monday ...
An independence day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's independence or statehood, usually after ceasing to be a group or part of another nation or state, or after the end of a military occupation, or after a major change in government.
Independence Day (also promoted as ID4) is a 1996 American science fiction action film [2] [3] directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and the film's producer Dean Devlin. The film stars an ensemble cast of Will Smith , Bill Pullman , Jeff Goldblum , Mary McDonnell , Judd Hirsch , Margaret Colin , Randy Quaid , Robert Loggia , and ...
Yet the day he was praising was July 2, the day independence was declared by the Second Continental Congress, not July 4. Yes, folks, we Americans are doing it wrong by celebrating Independence ...
The event gained wide media attention as it was the only shuttle launch in the program's history to occur on the United States' Independence Day. [12] 2008 – A bomb explodes at a concert in Minsk's Independence Square, injuring 50 people. [13]
The United States Semiquincentennial, [a] also called the Bisesquicentennial, the Sestercentennial or the Quarter Millennial, will be the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence. Festivities will mark various events leading up to the Declaration's anniversary on Independence Day, July 4, 2026.
Support for a Congressional declaration of independence was consolidated in the final weeks of June 1776. On June 14, the Connecticut Assembly instructed its delegates to propose independence and, the following day, the legislatures of New Hampshire and Delaware authorized their delegates to declare independence.