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[[File:Dcfireworks.jpg|right|200px| The Spirit of '76]]
[[File:Dcfireworks.jpg|right|200px| The Spirit of '76]]
The '''Fourth of July''' is the most important national holiday and annual [[celebration]] of the Independence of the [[United States]] from [[Great Britain]]. It started with "Taxation without representation!" and on July 4th, 1776, the [[Continental Congress]] formally signed the [[Declaration of Independence]] and America's 13 colonies broke away from the Kingdom of Great Britain as an independent nation. The very first celebration was held in the nation's capital, then [[Philadelphia]]. Congress established Independence Day as a holiday in 1870, <ref>[http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/history.html History of the Fourth] PBS.org</ref> and as a legal holiday in 1941.
The '''Fourth of July''' is the most important national holiday and annual [[celebration]] of the Independence of the [[United States]]. It started with "Taxation without representation!" and on July 4th, 1776, the [[Continental Congress]] formally signed the [[Declaration of Independence]] and America's 13 colonies broke away from the Kingdom of[[Great Britain]] as an independent nation. The very first celebration was held in the nation's capital, then [[Philadelphia]]. Congress established Independence Day as a holiday in 1870, <ref>[http://www.pbs.org/capitolfourth/history.html History of the Fourth] PBS.org</ref> and as a legal holiday in 1941.
Most American businesses are closed and the citizens enjoy the summer holiday with cookouts, get-togethers, concerts, baseball, picnics, barbecues, bon fires, parades, and at night time enjoy displays of [[fireworks]]. Some people hold re-enactments of [[Revolutionary War]] era and some people give political speeches at events across the nations cities and towns.
Most American businesses are closed and the citizens enjoy the summer holiday with cookouts, get-togethers, concerts, baseball, picnics, barbecues, bon fires, parades, and at night time enjoy displays of [[fireworks]]. Some people hold re-enactments of [[Revolutionary War]] era and some people give political speeches at events across the nations cities and towns.