Calvin Coolidge is the only president born on July 4th. He was born in Plymouth, Vermont on July 4, 1872.

Britain doesn't have an independence day, but most of the countries of the old British Empire celebrate the day that they became independent of Britain. The most famous is probably 4th July in the United States.

Independence Days are annual celebrations that commemorates the anniversary of a nation's assumption to independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another state. Independence Days are prime opportunities of extreme national pride and honor.

First they declared that they were independent by sending the Declaration of Independence to King George. Then when the king didn't agree, they fought the Revolutionary War with the British. When the British decided they weren't making enough progress in the war and the costs were mounting in casualties and money to fight the war, they agreed the colonies were an independent country.

July 4 is called Independence Day because it is to remind people of how the 13 colonies became free from the king of England.

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July 4, 1776 is when the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. In this document, the 13 colonies declared their independence from the Crown.

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It depends on your area but companies don't normally shut down for 4th of July because it's not considered a Holiday that requires leave like Christmas. And even then most worldwide companies are open. Yes, AT&T should be open but it would probably be easier just to drive down and check since each store is different. If you're talking about they're customer service line, yes it would be since most of your calls are sent out of the country anyway.

Almost all Americans celebrate the 4th of July.

I lived in Paraguay for over 2 years as a Peace Corps volunteer. I can really only answer this question from a rural standpoint though. In the "campo" or rural areas, holidays are celebrated with an asado - barbeque beef ribs - cooked on a "parrilla" - a simple grill on the ground over charcoal. Christmas is celebrated on Christmas eve with an asado accompanied by "clerico" - clerico is a wine (red or white) with fruit salad mixed in (pineapple, apple, grapes, peaches, anything goes). Pineapple soda is often used with the wine or instead of wine. Every community has a patron saint and that community celebrates that saint's day usually with a "rodeo" - a horse show (no roping of cows like the US version of a rodeo), a soccer tournament, a mass, sometimes a procession. Many communities do "karu guazu" or "big meal" in conjuntion with their saint day. Women prepare a huge meal and invite all of their friends and close neighbors. This practice is usually tied to a "promesa" or a promise that woman made to the saint in exchange for help/answer to a prayer. She then provides this large meal every year for a number of years. Since a Catholic holiday can be accompanied by a novena - or nine days of prayer - the big meals can go on for nine days with more than one big meal per day for nine days. Holidays in Paraguay are a day of rest and fun and family. Families reunite - sons and daughters returning from the city to spend the day or weekend with their extended family. Loud music is played, beer or wine mixed with Coca-Cola is consumed all day, the meal is large (asado of beef ribs, potato or rice salad, manioca - yucca), volleyball or soccer games and if the weather is hot, a trip to the closeby river or stream for swimming.

In the American Civil War, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg (a 3 day battle) was 3 July 1863 and the siege of Vicksburg ended on that day, with the surrender formalized on 4 July.

The Siege was that last major action of the Vicksburg Campaign, giving the Union control of the Mississippi River and thus cuting the Confederacy in two.

The Battle of Gettysburg is said to have been the bloodiest battle of Civil War, and represented the furthest north penetration of Confederate forces operating under General Lee.

It is represented to be a soilder of some sort has past on and died.

In 1776 the 4th of July was declared a federal holiday.

On the fourth of July the us gained independence from Britain.

It is when the Continental Congress finished and adopted the Declaration of Independence and declared it. Thomas Jefferson wrote it for 3 weeks in June with the help of John Adams and Benjamin Franklin. It wasn't signed until August though. We celebrate July fourth as Independence Day, the day our country was born.

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we celebrate on July fourth because that is the day we received our independence

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Some people who died July 4 are John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, Hannibal Hamlin, Marie Curie, Eva Gabor, John Crowe Ransom, and Jesse Helms,

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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died July 4, 1826 and James Monroe in 1831.

The reason Independence Day is on July Fourth is because in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was signed. This was on July Fourth and come on declaration of INDEPENDENCE and INDEPENDENCE day. :)

On the Northern side, yes - especially in 1863, when both the key victories were announced on that day.

Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. And Vicksburg in Mississippi.

That depends entirely on your employer. If you don't normally work on Saturday, no, you would not normally be paid for it. Most employers will give Friday or Monday off when the holiday falls on a weekend. Check your paid holiday schedule for your company.