{"id":1917,"date":"2012-06-29T07:05:26","date_gmt":"2012-06-29T11:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2012\/06\/29\/upcoming-holiday-independence-day\/"},"modified":"2012-06-29T07:05:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-29T11:05:26","slug":"upcoming-holiday-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2012\/06\/29\/upcoming-holiday-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming holiday: Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 1px solid #dedede\" src=\"https:\/\/bay155.mail.live.com\/Handlers\/ImageProxy.mvc?bicild=&amp;canary=17aUs0C2SNqabiu8C4hsjNb6cx6nGSgClRDcopS5pq4%3d0&amp;url=http%3a%2f%2fo5.aolcdn.com%2fdims-shared%2fdims3%2fPATCH%2fthumbnail%2f118x88%2fcrop%2f88x88%2b0%2b0%2fhttp%3a%2f%2fhss-prod.hss.aol.com%2fhss%2fstorage%2fpatch%2fe03a757c9e8971f74fff6109d5d11df6\" border=\"0\" alt=\"image\" width=\"170\" height=\"170\" \/><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Independence Day<\/strong>, commonly known as the <strong>Fourth of July<\/strong>, is a <a title=\"Federal holidays in the United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States\">federal holiday<\/a> in the <a title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\">United States<\/a> commemorating the adoption of the <a title=\"United States Declaration of Independence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence\">Declaration of Independence<\/a> on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the <a title=\"Kingdom of Great Britain\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain\">Kingdom of Great Britain<\/a>. Independence Day is commonly associated with <a title=\"Fireworks\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fireworks\">fireworks<\/a>, parades, <a title=\"Barbecue\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barbecue\">barbecues<\/a>, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, <a title=\"Baseball game\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Baseball_game\">baseball games<\/a>, <a title=\"Family reunion\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Family_reunion\">family reunions<\/a>,  and political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other  public and private events celebrating the history, government, and  traditions of the United States. Independence Day is the <a title=\"National Day\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Day\">national day<\/a> of the United States<\/p>\n<p>Our Boston firework takes place at the Charles River<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.july4th.org\/\">Boston<\/a>:<\/strong> Hatch Shell opens at 9 a.m.; Boston Pops broadcast begins at 8 p.m.; Fireworks begin at 10:35 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please go to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostoncentral.com\/fwd.php?main=events&amp;sub=music&amp;sub2=1021&amp;pgx=sqc.2102yyruFupgnU-epq%2Ffgarir%2Fepq%2Fibt.ffnz.jjj&amp;backlink=%2Fevents%2Fhatch_shell_events%2Fp1021.php\"> Boston July 4th celebration<\/a> for more info.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a <a title=\"Federal holidays in the United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States\">federal holiday<\/a> in the <a title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States\">United States<\/a> commemorating the adoption of the <a title=\"United States Declaration of Independence\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence\">Declaration of Independence<\/a> on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the <a title=\"Kingdom of Great Britain\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain\">Kingdom  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/boz\/2012\/06\/29\/upcoming-holiday-independence-day\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[35,46,90,285,298,300,301],"class_list":["post-1917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-au-pair-in-america","tag-aupair","tag-aupair-in-america","tag-holidays-in-the-usa","tag-independence-day","tag-independence-day-celebration","tag-independence-day-celebration-in-boston"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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