US Presidents Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden host a July 4 barbecue for military families at the White House South Lawn on Monday afternoon. doing. Later that day, they will see an Independence Day fireworks display at the National Mall.
July 4th may be the most patriotic day on the US calendar. Independence Day celebrates the decision of the Thirteen Colonies to abandon British rule and form the United States. However, that decision was not made on July 4.
The colonial representative actually voted independently on July 2, 1776. Two days later, they approved the Declaration of Independence. Many believed that the country should celebrate on July 2, the anniversary of the vote. However, the copy of the Declaration was so widely distributed that July 4th was a day to remember.
Modern Independence Day The July 4th celebration includes parades, picnics, political speeches, and fireworks.
However, black slavery was widespread within the colonies while the founding fathers worked for independence from Britain.
What the colonists wanted was that they didn't think that slaves had the right, even though the declaration contained the following sentence:
"We consider these truths to be self-evident, in which all human beings are created equally and endowed with certain inviolable rights by the Creator. Includes life, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness. "
Since then, America has suffered from that contradiction.
