Independence Day celebrations are usually filled with fireworks, parades and patriotic festivities. So, how did it begin?

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Here are 10 fun and fascinating facts about the 4th of July to spark some patriotic pride! Some may surprise you!

It is surmised that the engrosser was Timothy Matlock, an assistant to Charles Thomson, secretary to the Congress.

In July 4, 1777 the Sons of Liberty set fireworks off over Boston Common and in Philadelphia the Pennsylvania Evening Post wrote “at night there was a grand exhibition of fireworks (which began and ...

The following April, in 1775, many delegates learned of the Battles of Lexington and Concord while en route to Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress, where war was declared, and where ...

In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve... The unanimous ...

THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Share full article. April 5, 1876. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from April 5, 1876, Page 8 Buy Reprints.

The Second Continental Congress, on June 14, 1775, voted to establish official companies following the fighting at Lexington and Concord against British troops.