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Three U.S. presidents died on July 4: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1826 and James Monroe in 1831.
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Why Do Americans Celebrate the Fourth of July with Fireworks?
Fireworks have been part and parcel of U.S. Independence Day, the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, since its first celebration in July 1777. That celebration took place in the midst of the Revolutionary War, however, and explosions, artillery fire, and “bombs bursting
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