Here we are at the start of a long holiday weekend. Of course tomorrow is the big day \u2014 July 4th, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Birthday.\u201d The Naional Park Service will host the annual Independence Day fireworks celebration on the National Mall and President Joe Biden is set to host a group of essential workers and military families on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The United States commemorates July 4th as its birthday \u2014 even though the Declaration of Independence didn\u2019t become official until everyone had signed it in the first part of August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Americans began celebrating July 4 the year after the Declaration of Independence was signed. Former President John Adams wrote that July 4, 1777, was celebrated in Philadelphia \u201cwith a festivity and ceremony becoming the occasion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But July 4 became more widely observed by Americans following the War of 1812. Independence Day became the most important nonreligious holiday for many Americans by the 1870s, and Congress passed a law making Independence Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1870.
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Here we are at the start of a long holiday weekend. Of course tomorrow is the big day \u2014 July 4th, \u201cAmerica\u2019s Birthday.\u201d The Naional Park Service will host the annual Independence Day fireworks celebration on the National Mall and … Continue reading