Let's Celebrate Independence Day!
Independence Day 2021, also known as Fourth of July, is a federal holiday observed yearly on July fourth. It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence of the United States of America from Great Britain in 1776.
The history of Independence Day 2021 dates back to the
18th century and the American Revolution (1775-83). In June 1776,
representatives of the 13 colonies then fighting in the revolutionary struggle
weighed a resolution that would declare independence of the United States from
Great Britain. On July 2, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from
Great Britain occurred, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a
resolution of independence that had been proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia.
Two days later its delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence, a
historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin
Franklin.
Historians have long disputed whether Congress actually signed the Declaration
of Independence on July 4 and most have concluded that the Declaration was
signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4
as it is commonly believed. The holiday remains to be celebrated on the fourth
of July. Coincidentally, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers
of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as Presidents of the United
States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of
the Declaration.
Enjoy and stay safe!
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