Happy Birthday America!
Although to be fair, I never really understood why we celebrated our independence on the 4th of July. Yes, that's when the Declaration was signed. Yes, it started the Revolutionary War. But the war didn't end until September 3, 1781, a full 7 years later.
That's 7 years of fighting for our freedom, but we don't celebrate on the 3rd of September. Sure, the 4th of July is nice because that is right in the start of summer...and fireworks and barbecuing is much better in the summer.
In fact, there are speculations that the document itself wasn't signed on the 4th.
I am all for a random day off. But I just never got why we would celebrate the start of the war. However, take this day and thank a veteran or active soldier. It's because of them back in 1776 we get to have our freedom.
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