Fourth of July

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.

The 4th of July is a Federal holiday. Most service companies like UPS do not open on Federal Holidays, but check your local office. Government and bank buildings are also closed.

The declaration of independence was signed =]

The celebration of Independence Day on the 3rd of July is a tradition born out of midwestern pragmatism. Most Chicagolanders are off from work on the 4th therefore if outside concerts and the Downtown fireworks are planned for the evening of the 3rd they are simply more convenient for the citizenry and can guarentee a good attendance. Chicagoans are social people and those without sleepy children to tuck-in may go from evening events in the parks to bars, restaurants, and liquor stores. Money is spent in the city and everyone has a good time. After all, except for those in the service industry, there won't be many Chicagoans working the next day. Visit the lakeshore around 5am on the 4th and, given the number of people you see there, you may think that the sun had just set. When this tradition began I wouldn't know but I would suspect that in this hardworking union city it has long been that way.

how you make blue fireworks is by using copper and to make yellow is sodium and to make white is to use magnesium and to make orange you use calcium salts and to gold you use charcoal and to make red you use lithium salts and also to make purple you can you lithium salts (red) and copper (blue).

America became independent following the American Revolutionary War. The American colonies defeated Great Britain, with help from France, Holland, and Spain, and established a new country.

According to the National Archives, the first known use of the formal term "United States of America" was in the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Paine had written four months earlier (February, 1776) of "Free and independent States of America." The terms "United Colonies," "United Colonies of America," "United Colonies of North America," and also "States," were also used in 1775 and 1776.

In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th of each year and celebrates the adoption of the American flag, which took place June 14th, 1777. June 14th was proclaimed a Holiday by Woodrow Wilson in 1949 although it is not yet recognized as a Federal Holiday.

The first "official" state celebration of the Fourth as recognized under resolve of a legislature occurred in Massachusetts in 1781. Boston was the first municipality (city/town) to officially designate July Fourth as a holiday, in 1783. Alexander Martin of North Carolina was the first governor to issue a state order (in 1783) for celebrating the independence of the country on the Fourth of July.

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 - states declare which holidays they choose to observe. Federal holidays are only applicable to Federal employees and the District of Columbia.

It was originally made so the Americans can have their freedom. Thus, the name Independence Day and people say Fourth of July for short.

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.

Chile declared independance from Spain on sept.18 , 1810

"In 1941... The residents of Vicksburg, Mississippi, celebrated the Fourth of July for the first time since July 4, 1863, when the Siege of Vicksburg ended with a Union victory during the American Civil War."

That according to:

http://dcpages.com/Tourism/Fourth_of_July/

The Siege of Vicksburg was hard fought, and left a bitter taste in the people's mouths. I understand that the first official celebration of Independence Day came as a result of WWII.

Each year, July 4 is the US national holiday commemorating the establishment of the United States of America, which won its independence from Great Britain in 1783 after the Revolutionary War (1775-1781).

the ne'er-do-wells across the road do.. for a week. and a couple weeks after too.

July 4th 1984 was a Wednesday.

Not in the US, it is a federal holiday.

Independence Day

July 4th

The Declaration of Independence was actually sent by the colonist on July 2, but everyone heard the news that it got accepted on July 4 so now we all celebrate this holiday on July 4.

No. Virginia's resolution on independence was adopted by the Continental Congress on July 2 but the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4. Thus independence was declared, which was necessary to give it legal standing, on the 4th.

The Declaration of Independence was finalized on July 2, 1776, however officially established on July 4, 1776. This is why we have Independence Day or the Fourth of July after this document declaring the United States independent from British Parliament.

It depends on what country you live in. For Americans, it's the forth of July, Mexico celebrates Cinco de Mayo, or May the fifth.

Because the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4 marked the beginning of the United States of America. July 4 is a national holiday and indeed should be celebrated by all Americans.

John Adams, Jefferson and Monroe all died on July 4. Thr first two died on the same day, July 4,1826; Monroe died 5 years later. Calvin Coolidge was the only president born on July 4.

They won the American Revolutionary War. They won it because they gained forces with the French and they knew were the British were camping. The surrounded the area and the General, General Cornwallis, had nothing else he could do except surrender. They also signed the Treaty of Paris, which was the total end of the war and a peace treaty which formed our independence even more.

The United States declared independence from Great Britain.

Yes, Cub Foods is open on the 4th of July.

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe died on July 4th.