4th of July

The Fourth of July is one of the most celebrated

Holidays of the Year. It is a glorious time for

the whole family to get together and watch

fire works and cook out, and just be together.

Independence Day, July 4th, celebrates the adoption

of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental

Congresson July 4, 1776. The day has always been the occasion

for parades and patriotic speeches, and lots and lots of

fireworks. Fireworks can be very dangerous and should only

be handled by professionals.

Standing at the entrance to New York harbor is a 151-foot statue

of a woman holding a book and a torch on-high."Liberty Enlightening

the World "was a gift of friendship from the people of France

to the United States to commemorate the 100th anniversary

of American independence.

After Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi prefabricated the figure in Paris

by molding sheets of cooper over a stainless-steel framework,

it was shipped to the United States in 241 crates in 1885.

Some of the money to erect the statue was contributed by

American school children.

The sculptor intended his work to be an immense and impressive

symbol of human liberty. It was certainly that for millions of immigrants

who came to America in the 19th century seeking freedom and

fulfillment of their dreams. It has continued to inspire people

across the world, as in 1989 when the Chinese students

at Tianammen Square made a model of the Statue of Liberty

to symbolize their revolution.

The Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell is a pre-Revolutionary War relic that was

first hung in 1753 in the newly finished Pennsylvania State House,

the building that would eventually become Independence Hall.

The bell is inscribed with the words Proclaim Liberty throughout the land.

It was rung on the adoption of the Declaration of Independence

in July 1776, inaugurating an Independence Day tradition

that was observed every year (with the exception of 1777-78,

when the bell was removed and hidden from the British

occupiers of Philadelphia) until 1846.

That year a small crack enlarged to the point where the bell could

no longer be sounded.

Perhaps the most famous symbol of the colonial struggle for

independence, it is now housed in Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell provilion.

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