Independance Day 2007

The United States celebrates its Independence Day on July 4, a day of patriotic celebration and family events throughout the country.

In the words of Founding Father John Adams, the holiday would be “the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, ……    It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

The holiday is a major civic occasion, with roots deep in the Anglo-American tradition of political freedom. (Source: USINFO.STATE.GOV)

• PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE: INDEPENDENCE DAY, 2007
• Facts for Features: The Fourth of July 2007 (U.S. Census Bureau)
  

Background

• White House Independence Day Portal 
• The Declaration of Independence (History Channel)
• The Star-spangled Banner (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
• The United States Flag Page

Historical Resources

• Declaring Independence – Drafting the Documents
• Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention – 1774-1789
• National Archives and Records Administration – The Charters of Freedom
• Thomas Jefferson Online Resources (University of Virginia Library)

Celebration

• Fourth of July Celebrations Database
  
• Fourth of July Celebrations (Library of Congress)
  
• A Capitol Fourth
  
• Boston’s Fourth of July
  
• Happy Birthday America
  
  

Exhibits – Digital Images

• Photo Gallery (International Information Programs, Department of State)
• American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Star Spangled Banner
• American Treasures of the Library of Congress: Declaration of Independence
• Declaring Independence (Library of Congress)
• Independence National Historic Park, Philadelphia
• Today in History: Independence Day (American Memory. Library of Congress)