The First 4th of July Celebration in US: A Glimpse into History

First Fourth of July Celebration

Long before the famous Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest and the lavish Macy’s fireworks display, Fourth of July celebrations looked very different from how they do today. The Declaration of Independence, which was drafted in 1776 by the nation’s founding fathers Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston, declared […]