American Independence Day is on the Fourth of July every year that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, which declared the original colonies to be free from British rule and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation.
On July 4, 1776, the 13 colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States.
The term Independence Day is recorded as early as 1790, but the term Fourth of July, in reference to the US independence, is found as early 1779. Of course, the Independence Day/4th of July commemorates the events of July 4, 1776.
The Fourth of July is the summer celebration par excellence, to show patriotic pride almost always observed outdoors, with parades, barbecues, fireworks and other public events, including readings of the Declaration of Independence.
Due to the patriotic nature of the holiday, it often involves red, white, and blue decorations (after the US flag), as well as tributes to American troops and government institutions.
On the 4th of July, many people get to enjoy a day off from work to enjoy a long weekend or vacation.
People observe the July 4 festival in a ritual simulations of bombs bursting in air, bells, bonfires and illuminations.
But how American leaders choose to observe the holiday traditionally reflects the national mood. History says that various the then President had observed the July 4 in their own traditional ways.
On July 4, 1918, Woodrow Wilson delivered a solemn address to a large gathering of citizens at the tomb of George Washington on his Mount Vernon estate, invoking the Revolutionary War.
Calvin Coolidge went kitsch, donning a cowboy getup for a party celebrating the Fourth of July (and his 55th birthday) in Custer State Park, South Dakota, on July 4, 1927.
Gerald Ford rang ceremonial bells from the deck of the USS Forrestal in New York Harbor on July 4, 1976 — America’s 200th birthday.
Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan played the everyday family, watching fireworks at a classic Independence Day picnic on the White House lawn on July 4, 1981.
George W. Bush went for the urban tradition–a block party– at Philadelphia’s Greater Exodus Baptist Church on July 4, 2001.
Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and daughter Malia Obama took to the White House roof to watch fireworks on July 4, 2014.
John Adams, the second US President, would mostly approve of how Americans celebrate the Fourth of July.
On the eve of the first-ever Independence Day in 1776, Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail, that future generations should commemorate their “day of deliverance” from Britain with acts of devotion to God.
“Old Sink or Swim” also envisioned “shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other.”
July Fourth has fallen on some dark moments in American history, and presidents have often used its symbolism to reaffirm the country’s founding values.
Soon after the start of the Civil War, on July 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln defended calling up a militia and assuming controversial powers in order to keep the country united, telling Congress he could only “perform his duty or surrender the existence of the government.”
Amid the carnage of World War I, Woodrow Wilson visited the tomb of America’s first president, George Washington on July 4, 1918, and said the war was not just to secure “American liberties” but also global freedom. And before America’s entrance into World War II — on July 4, 1941, six months before the Pearl Harbor attack — Franklin Roosevelt warned of a gathering storm: “I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a cruel desert of dictatorship,” he said on the radio.
Convulsed by coronavirus sickness and wracked by a reckoning over racism, America today needs an energetic tête-à-tête with all on its pride birth anniversary.
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