Happy 4th of July - Independence Day!

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Military.com: Let us never forget the significance of this day.

On July 4, 1776, the thirteen colonies claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States.
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In a June 7 session in the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence Hall), Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented a resolution with the famous words: "Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."

CBS News: 4th of July events and celebrations in Washington hosted by President Donald Trump.

...a Fourth of July celebration [of which President Trump] promising will be "like no other."