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It also became a federal holiday on June 28 that year. During the first Fourth of July celebration in Philadelphia, a cannon was fired 13 times, and 13 fireworks were set off in honor of the ...

Gatlinburg is always the first city in the U.S. to celebrate the holiday with its Fourth of July Midnight Parade, which starts promptly at 11:59 p.m. on July 3. Roughly 80,000 people show up for ...

For those looking for all-American Fourth of July activities complete with waving ... once again launched from the Hudson River for the first time in more than a decade – meaning they can ...

The city of Rancho Palos Verdes hosted its first Fourth of July drone show with around 100 LED drones creating various images ...

was the first example of fine art to take the Fourth of July celebration as its subject. Originally entitled "View of Centre Square on the Fourth of July," the painting symbolized the growing ...

"The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro" Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic. The signers of the Declaration of Independence were brave men. They were ...

The city of Rancho Palos Verdes hosted its first Fourth of July drone show with around 100 LED drones creating various images celebrating Independence Day. The event was produced by Sky Elements ...