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David L. Waldstreicher
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Distinguished Professor of History, The Graduate Center, City University of New York.

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Children wearing red, white, and blue outfits and striped hats march in a Fourth of July parade, some playing drums and trumpets, with a crowd of people in the background.
Independence Day, in the United States, the annual celebration of nationhood held on July 4. It commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. This document announced the separation of the 13 North American colonies from Great Britain. In…
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