Fourth of July or Independence Day 2024 is on Thursday, July 4, 2024: Was the fourth of July really Independence day?

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Well, really the 4th is not independence day.

It was the day that congress declared independence

from Britain. The revolutionary war was what determined

our independence from Britain - when our country won

the war.

Why is Independence Day usually called the Fourth of July?

I guess it's one of those things that someone came up with and it just stuck

Or some people are either to lazy or think it's too silly to say "Happy Independence day" it's easier to say "Happy 4th of July" and easier to type without making a spelling mistake

independence day?

In the United States, Independence Day (commonly known as the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.