The United States celebrates its independence on a Friday this year, which helps out a lot if you normally must listen to neighborhood fireworks going off all night – and then go to work the next day.

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Independence Day isn’t something that is strictly American. Various countries around the world celebrate their independence ...

The following day, copies of the Declaration of Independence were distributed, and on July 6, The Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first newspaper to print the extraordinary document.