When was the first Fourth of July first celebrated?

Answer 1

The first celebration was July 4, 1777 (one year after the signing of the Declaration of Independence).

People celebrated differently, in varying degrees, or not at all based on their time and money for several years (or in many cases, if they had a calendar).

The first official US holidays were declared by Congress on June 28, 1870. New Years Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day were all declared holidays in the first act. George Washington's Birthday was declared a holiday in 1871.

According to Title 5 of the US Code, neither Congress or the President has the authority to declare a holiday that must be enforced by the states - Federal holidays are only applicable to Federal employees and the District of Columbia.

Each state chooses which holidays it will recognize.

Extra:

Massachusetts declared the 4th a celebration in 1781.

Boston declared the 4th a city holiday in 1783.

North Carolina declared the 4th a holiday in 1783.

Each day was declared a holiday for various reasons, but they all included the ability of workers to observe celebrations without loss of pay because of missed work.

QUOTE:

"The act of June 28, 1870, which was apparently prompted by a memorial drafted

by local "bankers and business men," provided that New Year's Day, Independence

Day, Christmas Day, and "any day appointed or recommended by the President of the

United States as a day of public fasting or thanksgiving [were] to be holidays within the District." This legislation was drafted "to correspond with similar laws of States

around the District,"3 and "in every State of the Union."

Answer 2

1776, the year the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, PA.

1777, the first anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence.

This answer is correct but it was in 1776 not 1777 the reason i know this is because Thomas Jefferson didn't get out of the war until 1779

The second answer above makes no sense, which is why I deleted it the first time it was posted. First of all, if the correct answer were 1776, then the first answer, 1777, is NOT correct at all. Second, Thomas Jefferson didn't fight in the Revolutionary War; From 1776 to 1783 (the period of the War), he was a Virginia State Legislator, the Governor of Virginia, and after a 2-year break from politics, a representative to the Congress of the Confederation. Third, even if he did fight in the War, the year he got out of it is completely irrelevant to the year of first Fourth of July celebration.

The correct answer IS 1777, as stated in the first answer. No One celebrated in 1776 because, first of all, the Continental Congress considered July 2 to be "Independence Day", because that was the day on which they voted for Independence. They then drafted the Declaration of Independence and dated it July 4, though there is reason to believe that it was not signed by everyone until nearly a month later. In any event, they didn't have internet, cable TV, or even radio in those days; news traveled by word of mouth, and only as fast as a horse could run, so the news took some time to reach the people. It was several days, weeks in some cases, before people even knew about the Declaration of Independence. So nobody was celebrating anything on July 4, 1776.

In any event, there is no record of any kind of "celebration" of Independence Day in 1776. The first recorded celebrations occurred a year later, in 1777, though to the consternation of John Adams and other signers, they were held on July 4 (the date that appeared on the Declaration), rather than July 2 (the date on which the Continental Congress actually voted in favor of Independence).

Answer 3

Countries Celebrating Independence from Australia

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• Nauru - 31 January (1968, from Australia, New Zealand & the U.K.)
• Papua New Guinea - 16 September (1975)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Belgium

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• Burundi - 1 July (1962)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo - 30 June (1960)
• Rwanda - 1 July (1962)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Czechoslovakia

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• Czech Republic - 1 January (1993)
• Slovakia - 17 July (1992)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Denmark

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• Iceland - 1 December (1918)
• Sweden - 6 June (1523)

Countries Celebrating Independence from France

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• Algeria - 5 July (1962)
• Benin - 1 August (1969)
• Burkina Faso - 5 August (1960)
• Cambodia - 9 November (1953)
• Cameroon - 1 January (1960, from France and Britain)
• Central African Republic - 13 August (1960)
• Chad - 11 August (1960)
• Comoros - 6 July (1975)
• Republic of the Congo - 15 August (1960)
• Djibouti - 27 June (1977)
• Gabon - 17 August (1960)
• Guinea - 2 October (1958)
• Haiti - 1 January (1804)
• Ivory Coast - 7 August (1960)
• Laos - 19 July (1949)
• Lebanon - 22 November (1943)
• Madagascar - 26 June (1960)
• Mali - 22 September (1960)
• Morocco - 18 November (1956, from France & Spain)
• Niger - 3 August (1960)
• Senegal - 4 April (1960)
• Syria - 17 April (1946)
• Togo - 27 April (1960)
• Tunisia - 20 March (1956)
• Vanuatu - 30 July (1980, from the U.K. & France)
• Vietnam - 2 September (1945, from Japan & France)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Germany

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• Belarus - 3 July (1944)
• Lithuania - 16 February (1918, from Russia & Germany)
• The Netherlands - 5 May (1945)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Italy

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• Libya - 24 December (1951)
• Somalia - 1 July (1960)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Japan

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• South Korea - 15 August (1945)
• Vietnam - 2 September (1945, from Japan & France)

Countries Celebrating Independence from the Netherlands

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• Belgium - 21 July (1831)
• Indonesia - 17 August (1945)
• Suriname - 25 November (1975)

Countries Celebrating Independence from New Zealand

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• Nauru - 31 January (1968, from Australia, New Zealand & the U.K.)
• Samoa - 1 January (1962)

Countries Celebrating Independence from the Ottoman Empire

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• Albania - 28 November (1912)
• Armenia - 28 May (1918)
• Azerbaijan - 28 May (1918)
• Bulgaria - 22 September (1908)
• Greece - 25 March (1821)
• Romania - 9 May (1877)
• Serbia - 15 February (1804)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Portugal

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• Angola - 11 November (1975)
• Brazil - 7 September (1822)
• Cape Verde - 5 July (1975)
• East Timor - 20 May (2002)
• Guinea-Bissau - 24 September (1973)
• Mozambique - 25 June (1975)
• São Tomé and Príncipe - 12 July (1975)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Russia

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• Estonia - 24 February (1918)
• Finland - 6 December (1917)
• Georgia - 26 May (1918)
• Latvia - 18 November (1918)
• Lithuania - 16 February (1918, from Russia & Germany)
• Poland - 11 November (1918, from Russia, Prussia and Austria)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Serbia

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• Kosovo - 17 February (2008)
• Montenegro - 21 May (2006)

Countries Celebrating Independence from the Soviet Union

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• Armenia - 21 September (1991)
• Azerbaijan - 18 October (1991)
• Estonia - 20 August (1991)
• Georgia - 9 April (1991)
• Kazakhstan - 16 December (1991)
• Kyrgyzstan - 31 August (1991)
• Latvia - 4 May (1990)
• Lithuania - 11 March (1990)
• Moldova - 27 August (1991)
• Tajikistan - 9 September (1991)
• Turkmenistan - 27 October (1991)
• Ukraine - 24 August (1991)
• Uzbekistan - 1 September (1991)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Spain

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• Argentina - 9 July (1816)
• Bolivia - 6 August (1825)
• Colombia - 20 July & 7 August (1810)
• Costa Rica - 15 September (1821)
• Dominican Republic - 1 December (1821)
• Ecuador - 10 August (1809) & 24 May (1822)
• El Salvador - 15 September (1821)
• Guatemala - 15 September (1821)
• Honduras - 15 September (1821)
• México - 16 September (1810)
• Morocco - 18 November (1956, from France & Spain)
• Nicaragua - 15 September (1821)
• Panama - 28 November (1821)
• Paraguay - 14 May (1811)
• Peru - 28 July (1821)
• The Philippines - 12 June (1898)
• Portugal - 1 December (1640)
• Venezuela - 5 July (1811)

Countries Celebrating Independence from the United Kingdom

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• Afghanistan - 19 August (1919, from U.K. control of foreign affairs)
• Antigua and Barbuda - 1 November (1981)
• Bahamas - 10 July (1973)
• Bahrain - 15 August (1971)
• Barbados - 30 November (1966)
• Belize - 21 September (1981)
• Botswana - 30 September (1966)
• Brunei - 1 January (1984)
• Cameroon - 1 January (1960, from France and Britain)
• Cyprus - 1 October (1960)
• Dominica - 3 November (1978)
• Fiji - 10 October (1970)
• The Gambia - 18 February (1965)
• Ghana - 6 March (1957)
• Grenada - 7 February (1974)
• Guyana - 26 May (1966)
• India - 15 August (1947)
• Iraq - 3 October (1932)
• Ireland - 24 April (1916)
• Jamaica - 6 August (1962)
• Jordan - 25 May (1946)
• Kenya - 12 December (1963)
• Kuwait - 25 February (1961)
• Lesotho - 4 October (1966)
• Malawi - 6 July (1964)
• Malaysia - 31 August (1957, ind. of Malaya; 1963, ind. of North Borneo) & 22 July (1963, ind. of Sarawak)
• Maldives - 26 July (1965)
• Malta - 21 September (1964)
• Mauritius - 12 March (1968)
• Nauru - 31 January (1968, from Australia, New Zealand & the U.K.)
• Myanmar - 4 January (1948)
• Nigeria - 1 October (1960)
• Pakistan - 14 August (1947)
• Saint Kitts & Nevis - 19 September (1983)
• Saint Lucia - 22 February (1979)
• Saint Vincent & the Grenadines - 27 October (1979)
• Seychelles - 29 June (1976)
• Sierra Leone - 27 April (1961)
• Solomon Islands - 7 July (1978)
• South Africa - 11 December (1931)
• Sri Lanka - 4 February (1948)
• Sudan - 1 January (1956, from Egypt & the U.K.)
• Swaziland - 6 September (1968)
• Tanzania - 9 December (1961)
• Tonga - 4 June (1970)
• Trinidad and Tobago - 31 August (1962)
• United Arab Emirates - 2 December (1971)
• United States - 4 July (1776)
• Vanuatu - 30 July (1980, from the U.K. & France)
• Yemen - 30 November (1967)
• Zambia - 24 October (1964)
• Zimbabwe - 18 April (1980)

Countries Celebrating Independence from the United States

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• Cuba - 20 May (1902)
• Liberia - 26 July (1847)

Countries Celebrating Independence from Yugoslavia

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• Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1 March (1992)
• Croatia - 8 October (1991)
• Macedonia - 8 September (1991)
• Slovenia - 26 December & 25 June (1990)

Others Celebrating Independence

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• Abkhazia - 4 July (1993, from Georgia)
• Bangladesh - 26 March (1971, from Pakistan)
• Czech Republic - 28 October (1918, Czechoslovakian ind. from Austria-Hungary)
• Dominican Republic - 27 February (1844, from Haiti)
• Eritrea - 24 May (1993, from Ethiopia)
• Hungary - 15 March (1848, from the House of Habsburg)
• Israel - 5 Iyar (A.M. 5708, from the British Mandate for Palestine)
• Mongolia - 29 December (1911, from the Qing Dynasty)
• Nagorno-Karabakh - 2 September (1991, from Azerbaijan)
• Namibia - 21 March (1990, from South African mandate)
• North Korea - 9 September (Democratic People's Republic of Korea founded in 1948)
• Northern Cyprus - 2 September (1983, from Cyprus)
• Panama - 3 November (1903, from Colombia)
• Poland - 11 November (1918, from Russia, Prussia and Austria)
• Singapore - 9 August (1965, from Malaysia)
• South Sudan - 9 July (2011, from Sudan)
• Sudan - 1 January (1956, from Egypt & the U.K.)
• Switzerland - 1 August (1291)
• Uruguay - 25 August (1825, from Brazil)

Also, Texas Independence Day is still a state holiday in the U.S. State of Texas - March 2 (1836, from México)

Answer 4

The first Independence day was celebration in 1776.

Answer 5

On the Fourth of July when the United States of America won it's independence to become it's own country.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

July 4th

Answer 8

in 1776