Why Do We Celebrate the 4th of July?
We celebrate the 4th of July:
- In thanks for the sacrifices our founding fathers made on our behalf
- Because of the freedoms that we enjoy and hold dear
- Because of all those that have continued to fight for its independence.
The Fourth of July is also called Independence Day. The name demonstrates the whole reason why the holiday is celebrated. It is the day that marks the declaration of the thirteen original colonies of this country that they were no longer under the rule of England nor a property of the King of England.
The early colonists broke free of the King’s rule and the rule of the English Parliament. They declared that they would rule themselves and construct their own government. They declared the freedoms which the citizens of this country have enjoyed for decades.
After learning about why we celebrate the Fourth of July, check out our main 4th of July page more great crafts, activities, and recipes to try out during your Independence Day celebration. Most people in the United States celebrate the 4th of July, but do you know exactly why the holiday is so important to our country? Imagine how you would feel if someone older than you (maybe an older sister or brother) kept telling you what to do all of the time and kept taking more and more of your allowance. That is how the colonists felt in the years leading up to 1776. Great Britain kept trying to make the colonists follow more rules and pay higher taxes. People started getting mad and began making plans to be able to make their own rules. They no longer wanted Great Britain to be able to tell them what to do, so they decided to tell Great Britain that they were becoming an independent country. (To be independent means to take care of yourself, making your own rules and providing for your own n
The 4th of July has been an important holiday but today, more and more people do not know why we actually celebrate this day. If you are not up to date on your history of the United States, July 4th, 1776 is the day that the colonies decided to declare themselves independent of Britain. By writing a very detailed decree, they decided that they no longer would need to be governed by the Kings of England that had been so very unjust to the colonists in the years before. On July 4th, America was born. We call the 4th of July Independence Day because this day was the day they declared independence from Great Britain. Today, we celebrate the fact that we are a free nation that is no under the rule of another. But, there is more to the celebration of independence than just the fact that this is the birthday of the United States. In fact, there are many goals and ideas that are represented in this celebration that until this day we fight for and protect around the world. The Declaration of In
