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4th of July traditions: Fireworks, barbecues, and more. Many modern Independence Day traditions stem from America’s early independence celebrations.
Held since 1785, the Bristol Fourth of July Parade in Bristol, Rhode Island, is the oldest continuous Independence Day celebration in the United States. [38] Since 1868, Seward, Nebraska, has held a celebration on the same town square. In 1979 Seward was designated "America's Official Fourth of July City-Small Town USA" by resolution of Congress.
The Fourth of July, celebrates the Second Continental Congress’ unanimous adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which occured on 4 July 1776. The document marked the colonies’ official ...
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The word "unanimous" was inserted as a result of a Congressional resolution passed on July 19, 1776: "Resolved, That the Declaration passed on the 4th, be fairly engrossed on parchment, with the title and stile of 'The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America,' and that the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member ...
Independence Day (the "Fourth of July") is a major national holiday celebrated annually. Besides local sites such as Bunker Hill , one of the first national pilgrimages for memorial tourists was Mount Vernon , George Washington 's estate, which attracted ten thousand visitors a year by the 1850s.
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July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 180 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. 362 BC ...