{"id":1415,"date":"2019-07-14T22:52:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T03:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.biz-america.com\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2019-07-14T22:52:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-15T03:52:27","slug":"american-independence-day-4th-july-how-is-it-celebrated-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/?p=1415","title":{"rendered":"American Independence Day 4th July : How is it celebrated around the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Fourth of\nJuly\u2014also known as Independence Day or July 4th\u2014has been a federal holiday in\nthe United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations\ngoes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. On July 2nd, 1776,\nthe Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later\ndelegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, a\nhistoric document drafted by former us president Thomas Jefferson. From 1776 to\nthe present day, July 4th has been celebrated as the birth of American\nindependence, with festivities ranging from fireworks, parades and concerts to\nmore casual family gatherings and barbecues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History of American Independence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the initial battles in the Revolutionary\nWar broke out in April 1775, few colonists desired complete independence\nfrom Great Britain, and those who did were considered radical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the middle of the following year, however, many\nmore colonists had come to favor independence, thanks to growing hostility\nagainst Britain and the spread of revolutionary sentiments such as those\nexpressed in the bestselling pamphlet \u201cCommon Sense,\u201d published by Thomas\nPaine in early 1776.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 7, when the Continental\nCongress met at the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence\nHall) in Philadelphia, the Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee\nintroduced a motion calling for the colonies\u2019 independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid heated\ndebate, Congress postponed the vote on Lee\u2019s resolution, but appointed a\nfive-man committee\u2014including Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John\nAdams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman\nof Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Robert R.\nLivingston of New York\u2014to draft a formal statement justifying the break\nwith Great Britain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 2nd, the Continental Congress voted in favor\nof Lee\u2019s resolution for independence in a near-unanimous vote (the New York\ndelegation abstained, but later voted affirmatively). On that day, John Adams\nwrote to his wife Abigail that July 2 \u201cwill be celebrated, by succeeding\nGenerations, as the great anniversary Festival\u201d and that the celebration should\ninclude \u201cPomp and Parade\u2026Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and Illuminations\nfrom one End of this Continent to the other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 4th, the Continental Congress formally\nadopted the Declaration of Independence, which had been written largely by Jefferson.\nThough the vote for actual independence took place on July 2nd, from then on\nthe 4th became the day that was celebrated as the birth of American\nindependence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early Fourth of July Celebrations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the pre-Revolutionary years, colonists had held\nannual celebrations of the king\u2019s birthday, which traditionally included the\nringing of bells, bonfires, processions and speechmaking. By contrast, during\nthe summer of 1776 some colonists celebrated the birth of independence by\nholding mock funerals for King George III, as a way of symbolizing the end\nof the monarchy\u2019s hold on America and the triumph of liberty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festivities including concerts, bonfires, parades\nand the firing of cannons and muskets usually accompanied the first public\nreadings of the Declaration of Independence, beginning immediately after its\nadoption. Philadelphia held the first annual commemoration of independence on\nJuly 4, 1777, while Congress was still occupied with the ongoing war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Washington issued double rations of rum to all his soldiers to\nmark the anniversary of independence in 1778, and in 1781, several months\nbefore the key American victory at Yorktown, Massachusetts became the first\nstate to make July 4th an official state holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the Revolutionary War,\nAmericans continued to commemorate Independence Day every year, in celebrations\nthat allowed the new nation\u2019s emerging political leaders to address citizens\nand create a feeling of unity. By the last decade of the 18th century, the two\nmajor political parties\u2014the Federalist Party and\nDemocratic-Republicans\u2014that had arisen began holding separate Fourth of July\ncelebrations in many large cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth of July Becomes a Federal Holiday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The tradition of patriotic celebration became even\nmore widespread after the War of 1812, in which the United States again\nfaced Great Britain. In 1870, the U.S. Congress made July 4th a federal\nholiday; in 1941, the provision was expanded to grant a paid holiday to all\nfederal employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, the political importance of the\nholiday would decline, but Independence Day remained an important national\nholiday and a symbol of patriotism.\n\nFalling in mid-summer, the Fourth of July has since\nthe late 19th century become a major focus of leisure activities and a common\noccasion for family get-togethers, often involving fireworks and outdoor\nbarbecues. The most common symbol of the holiday is the American flag, and a\ncommon musical accompaniment is \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner,\u201d the national anthem\nof the United States.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Fourth of July\u2014also known as Independence Day or July 4th\u2014has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution. On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later delegates […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1417,"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions\/1417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biz.golamfaruque.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}