{"id":1098,"date":"2014-07-03T11:10:25","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/?p=1098"},"modified":"2014-07-03T11:10:25","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T16:10:25","slug":"happy-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/2014\/07\/03\/happy-fourth-of-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Fourth of July!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/ @font-face \t{font-family:Times; \tpanose-1:2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:auto; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;} @font-face \t{font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\"; \tmso-font-charset:78; \tmso-generic-font-family:auto; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face \t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\"; \tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:auto; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;} @font-face \t{font-family:Cambria; \tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:auto; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:-536870145 1073743103 0 0 415 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-unhide:no; \tmso-style-qformat:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0in; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:Cambria; \tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\"; \tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; \tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} p.yiv1915578293msonormal, li.yiv1915578293msonormal, div.yiv1915578293msonormal \t{mso-style-name:yiv1915578293msonormal; \tmso-style-unhide:no; \tmso-margin-top-alt:auto; \tmargin-right:0in; \tmso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; \tmargin-left:0in; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:Times; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\"; \tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} .MsoChpDefault \t{mso-style-type:export-only; \tmso-default-props:yes; \tfont-family:Cambria; \tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"\uff2d\uff33 \u660e\u671d\"; \tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; \tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; \tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; \tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} @page WordSection1 \t{size:8.5in 11.0in; \tmargin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; \tmso-header-margin:.5in; \tmso-footer-margin:.5in; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.WordSection1 \t{page:WordSection1;} --><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1099\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/nol\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2014\/07\/NOLflag.jpg\" alt=\"NOLflag\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/>Known as the Fourth of July and Independence Day, July 4th has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941, but the tradition of Independence Day celebrations goes back to the 18th century and the American Revolution (1775-83). In June 1776, representatives of the 13 colonies then fighting in the revolutionary struggle weighed a resolution that would declare their independence from Great Britain. On July 2nd, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later its delegates adopted the Declaration of Independence, a historic document drafted by Thomas Jefferson. 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