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Celebration of Independence Day
In the first few years of the republic, Independence Day was celebrated with parades, oratory, and toasting in ceremonies.
The Fourth of July commemoration became a patriotic tradition which many groups wanted to claim, such as the abolitionists, women's rights advocates, and the temperance movement.
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4 July - Independence day
Independence Day in the United States is an annual celebration of the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
The marking of the first day of independence during the summer of 1776 took the form of a mock funeral of the king, whose "death" sym...
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Fourth of July a midsummer holiday
The rise of leisure meant the Fourth of July emerged as a major midsummer holiday. Heavy drinking and many fireworks injuries prompted reformers of the late 19th and early 20th century to start a Safe and Sane Fourth of July movement.
During the later 20th century, this day became less imp...
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In the 1950s, anxiety about homosexuals reached such a high that it led to mass firings of gay people in the federal government. But in the 1960s, with the Civil Rights Movement, it started to change. Marches and other demonstrations of solidarity informed the gay liberation movement and the firs...
Rulers of Rome
- The first king of Rome was Romulus, and the last was Tarquin the Proud in 509BC.
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- The army grew more powerful, and the senators could not always control the army. By 49BC, Julius Caesar, a great ...
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