I find it a little odd that we celebrate the day we declared our independence much more than the day we actually won it. In 1776 in Philadelphia in July we declared that we were no longer subjects of King George but it was a long way from a done deal then.
Most of our fighting lay ahead and many dangerous times before the battle of Yorktown and ultimate victory.
Also, in 1776 a large part of our population still wasn't in favor of independence. Not sure they were ever actually won over, but our bold founding fathers forged ahead.
Some consider it the birthday of America and that is fine.
We have barbecues and go in pools and shoot off fireworks, wear the red, white and blue and generally have a nice celebration except for those who drive drunk or use fireworks carelessly.
So Happy Birthday AMERICA!
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