TFTD 4 July 2012

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, 

and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

 Abraham Lincoln 

Some July 4th Facts

Independence Day was first celebrated in Philadelphia on July 8, 1776.

The first public Fourth of July event at the White House occurred in 1804.

In 1941, Congress declared 4th of July a federal legal holiday. 

It is one of the few federal holidays that have not been moved to the nearest Friday or Monday.

"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, 

support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and success of liberty."

 John F Kennedy

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