Generally, employees will get time off on both July 4th and the adjacent Monday or Friday. This day is very significant in American history. It marks the day the Declaration of Independence was ...

Related: The History of the Fourth of July In a June 7 session in the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence Hall), Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented a resolution with the famous words ...

Congress made the Fourth of July a federal holiday in 1870. In 1941, the law was amended to make it a paid holiday for federal employees, the History Channel reports. But did you know we could be ...

The 4th of July isn’t always fun for our four-legged friends. A little understanding about why dogs are afraid of... As an Immigrant, This Is What the 4th of July Means to Me For many U.S ...

Test your knowledge of American History and the Fourth of July with CNN’s Independence Day Quiz. And be sure to watch CNN’s “The Fourth In America” special, featuring coast-to-coast ...

One Founding Father thought we were celebrating on the wrong day, but that hasn’t stopped Americans from pulling out all the stops on July 4. The celebration of American Independence Day has ...