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  2. Independence Day (United States) - Wikipedia

    • 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 Founding Father delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared that the Thirteen … See more

    Also calledFourth of July
    Observed byUnited States
    SignificanceThe day in 1776 that the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia
    Background

    During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain in 1776 actually occurred on July 2, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independe… See more

    Observance

    • In 1777, thirteen gunshots were fired in salute, once at morning and once again as evening fell, on July 4 in Bristol, Rhode Island. An article in the July 18, 1777, issue of The Virginia Gazette noted a celebration in Philadelp… See more

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