Share & Connect Every year on July 4 Americans invite friends
over, barbecue, and go watch fireworks to celebrate their
Independence Day from England. Each July 4 is jam-packed with
fireworks, carnivals, fairs, barbecues, concerts, picnics, and
baseball games that will keep the whole family entertained. This
year, with rough economic times still upon us, we could all use
a holiday. The federal holiday was first established as an
unpaid holiday in 1870 by Congress. Later, Congress decided to
make it a paid holiday in 1938. The federal holiday on July 4
was established to celebrate the day of the signing of the
Declaration of Independence. However, history does not concur
with popular belief about the day the Declaration was signed. In
1776 the Continental Congress was already in trouble with
England. The American Revolution began April 19, 1775 when a
shot was fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. After
that George Washington was declared the Commander in Chief of
the American forces and the Battle