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Independence Day (United States) - Wikipedia
<strong>Independence</strong> Day, known colloquially as <strong>the</strong> <strong>Fourth</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>July</strong>, is <strong>a</strong> <strong>federal</strong> <strong>holiday</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> which commemorates the adoption of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Declaration</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Independence</strong> <strong>on</strong> <strong>July</strong> 4, 1776, establishing <strong>the</strong> <strong>United</strong> <strong>States</strong> <strong>of</strong> America.
britannica.com
Independence Day (4th of July) | History, Meaning, & Date | Britannica
This document announced the separation of the 13 North American colonies from Great Britain. <strong>In 1870 the U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal workers, and in 1938 it became a paid federal holiday</strong>.
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history.com
Fourth of July: Independence Day Holiday | HISTORY
<strong>In 1870, the U.S. Congress made July 4th a holiday in Washington, D.C. The provision was expanded, granting a paid holiday to all federal employees, in 1938</strong>. Over the years, the political importance of the holiday declined.
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editorialge.com
Fourth of July Facts and Myths: What Most People Get Wrong
But Independence Day didn’t become a federal holiday until 1870, when <strong>Congress finally made it official (unpaid) for federal workers</strong>. Paid holiday status took until 1938. For nearly a century, the country’s birthday was celebrated ...
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findlaw.com
Fourth of July Legal History: How Did It Become a Holiday? - FindLaw
In 1870, Congress passed H.R. 2224, establishing the Fourth of July as an unpaid federal holiday, as part of a bill that acknowledged other holidays like <strong>New Year's Day and Christmas</strong>.
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military.com
The History of the Fourth of July
Although it was actually July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress officially voted to declare independence from Great Britain, it wasn't until July 4 that the finalized Declaration of Independence was approved. It would then be a few more weeks, on Aug. 2, 1776, until most of the delegates were able to travel to Philadelphia to sign the document. Fourth of July observances "only became commonplace after the War of 1812," according to the Library of Congress. "By the 1870s, the Fourth of July was the most important secular holiday on the calendar." The U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid federal holiday on June 28, 1870.
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