Declaration of Independence Day Fourth of July

Here comes the Fourth of July, the declaration of America's independence from England - commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Americans celebrate the Fourth of July with festive activities, explosive fireworks displays across the country, the reopening of the Statue Of Liberty, and the annual Nathan's hot dog eating contest.

The Congress approved a declaration of independence on July 2, 1776, and John Adams considered it to be the most important date in American history. In fact, the official declaration was approved two days after by a committee. The first printed copies published “In Congress, July 4, 1776.” and when it came out all over the country the name fourth of July or July fourth got tagged along. Abraham Lincoln used the Declaration as a rebuke and stumbling block to slavery. He wielded it as a rhetorical weapon, made it a rallying cry, and established it by the end of the war as national gospel - Declaration of Independence Day Fourth of July!