JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY

JULY 4 – THE INDEPENDENCE DAY.

The Independence Day of the United States, is the national holiday celebrated on July 4 in the United States. This day marks the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776 in which the country proclaimed its formal separation from the British Empire. It is usually celebrated with many outdoor activities such as parades, baseball games and fireworks. It is the traditional date several motor racing, including the Firecracker 400 NASCAR Cup Series at Daytona, the Grand Prix of Cleveland Champ Car series and the Watkins Glen Grand Prix IndyCar Series.

Independence Day is a national holiday marked by patriotic displays. Similar to other summer festivals, celebrations of Independence Day often take place outdoors. Independence Day is a federal holiday, so all non-essential federal institutions (like the postal service and federal courts) are closed on that day. Many politicians use this day to appear at a public event and praise the heritage, laws, history, society and the people of the nation.

Families celebrate Independence Day by hosting or attending a picnic and take advantage of the day off. In some years it falls as long weekend and use the time to reconnect with relatives. Decorations (eg balloons, flags and clothing) are generally colored red, white and blue, the colors of the American flag. The parades usually occur in the morning, while fireworks occur in the evening or at night in places like parks, amusement parks, beaches and squares

Before the night before July 4 taking the focal point of the celebrations, often starting the celebrations with an evening campfire. In New England, cities competed to build towering pyramids, assembled from drums and barrels. These were lit at nightfall, to make way for the celebration. The highest is located in Salem, Massachusetts (in Gallows Hill, the famous site of the execution of 13 women and 6 men for witchcraft in 1692 during the Salem witch trials, where the tradition of the bonfires in the celebration had persisted), integrated forty barrels levels; these fires are the highest ever recorded. The practice flourished in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and is still practiced in some towns in New England.

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