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The celebration featured horse races, parades, food, and drinks—similar to the 4th of July celebrations we see today. Although the 4th of July was celebrated each year since 1776, it didn’t ...
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.
The Fourth of July was celebrated annually throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, and in 1870, Congress declared the day a federal holiday. But it wasn’t until 1941 that the date became a paid ...
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 ...
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]
The Fourth of July always seems to arrive before we know it, the height of summer here already. With the holiday comes fireworks; read on to find the best show near you. Downtown Chicago fireworks ...
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Photos from across the country of Fourth of July events and parades marking 248 years since the Declaration of Independence.