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![]() With many people gathering with friends and family to enjoy picnics, barbecues,Īnd fireworks displays. Today, Independence Day remains an important holiday in the United States, It is a day for Americans to reflect on the values of freedom,ĭemocracy, and individual rights that are enshrined in the Declaration of Parades, fireworks, and other festivities held in cities and towns across theĬountry. Independence Day has been celebrated in the United States since 1777, with Two days later, on July 4, theĭeclaration of Independence was adopted and signed by 56 representatives of theġ3 colonies, including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson. ![]() On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted to approve a resolutionĭeclaring independence from Great Britain. In 1774, representatives from the colonies met in the First ContinentalĬongress to coordinate their response to British actions, and in 1775, theĪmerican Revolution began with the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Representation and British attempts to exert greater control over colonialĪffairs. The road to independence was long and arduous, with tensions between theĪmerican colonies and Great Britain growing over issues such as taxation without The Thirteen American colonies free from British rule and established the United This historic document, written by Thomas Jefferson, declared United States that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence Independence Day, also known as the Fourth of July, is a national holiday in the It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.
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