Article Contributed on: 6/30/2009 10:55:44 PM
Fourth of July Firework History for Children and their Families
The slide show has ten of over eighty firework displays in Colorado this 4th of July. Besides the Ooo...Ah factor, how did fireworks first become part of our Independence Day celebrations?
The Fourth of July is United States Independence day. It is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. The legal separation of the American colonies from Great Britain was on July 2, 1776. This was when the Second Continental Congress voted and approved the "Resolution of Independence." Congress then needed a statement explaining this decision, which was the Declaration of Independence. This important declaration was written by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as the main author. Congress debated and revised the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4th. A good portion of the delegates did not actually sign the Declaration until August 2, 1776.
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