Independence Day — 4th of July, National Holiday in the United States

United States Holiday

Observed the 4th of July, marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

Independence Day commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 when the Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies were no longer part of the British Empire but now part of the United States of America. 

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