Happy 4th of July | Independence Day

We would like to wish you all a Happy Independence Day. May you all have a great time.

History – Why do we have an Independence Day ?

During
the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies
from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental
Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been
proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United
States independent from Great Britain rule.[5][6] After voting for
independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of
Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been
prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal
author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration,
finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to
his wife Abigail:

The second day of July, 1776, will be the most
memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it
will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary
festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by
solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with
pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and
illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this
time forward forever more.[7]

Adams’s prediction was off by two
days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the
date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather
than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence was approved in a
closed session of Congress.[8]

Historians have long disputed
whether members of Congress signed the Declaration of Independence on
July 4, even though Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin
all later wrote that they had signed it on that day. Most historians
have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its
adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed.

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. Although not a signer of the Declaration
of Independence, James Monroe, another Founding Father who was elected
as President, also died on July 4, 1831. He was the third President in a
row who died on the anniversary of independence. Calvin Coolidge, the
30th President, was born on July 4, 1872; so far he is the only U.S.
President to have been born on Independence Day.