While you may have heard and seen fireworks already this past weekend, Independence Day is actually this coming Thursday, July 4th. Few Americans, unless they are history enthusiasts or better yet, American history professors, can tell you the complete story on this quintessential holiday of ours. For some fun and interesting facts, click the link below. http://lasvegas.about.com/od/historylandmarks/a/A-History-Of-The-Fourth-Of-July.htm