HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY, AMERICA
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY
Refresh your and your family's memory about this American holiday. ______________________________ What actually happened on July 4th. ______________________________
How did the founders envision our Independence Day celebration? ______________________________
What is the best way to celebrate this Fourth of July long weekend?
On the 4th of July, the United States observes an all-important federal holiday in honor of the Declaration of Independence. We think of July 4th as a day representing the Declaration of Independence, America’s revolutionary Charter of Freedom, and the document upon which the nation’s founding principles were established.
Did you know that July 4th wasn’t the day that independence was declared. Nor the day that the Declaration was officially signed. So July 4, 1776 commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence by delegates from the 13 colonies. On the 4th, the Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence.
This is the day we celebrate the birth of the United States of America.
John Adams described the way Americans should celebrate their independence each year. He envisioned the celebration to be one filled with fun, games, and elaborate fireworks - not an occasion for displaying military strength and political power. Many countries have adopted to celebrate in a similar fashion.
Let us be grateful and celebrate this Fourth of July by honoring our flag of unity, and at night with a grand exhibition of amazing fireworks, and all the cities are beautifully illuminated. Everything should be conducted with the greatest order and decorum. All Americans should exhibit a universal spirit of patriotism with faces of joy and gladness.
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