Summer is here and fireworks plans are in motion.
Summer just kicked off and it’s a great time of year to have a great time. Soon the skies will be filled with fireworks and the sounds of oohs and ahhs across this great nation, including those skies over the Tri-state area. It’s a highlight for so many across the United States of America. This country has a 
rich history going back to it’s humble beginnings more than 250 years ago.
Below is a brief summary — with some moving quotes — of those days leading to the country’s independence which will soon be celebrated on July 4th.
Here is a list of July fourth events in the greater Tri-state area of Maryland, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Please be careful while enjoying these celebrations or your own.
Click on this link to watch July 4th fireworks from the comfort of your home.
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The history of Independence Day in America
On July 4, 1776, the thirteen colonies claimed their independence from England, leading to the formation of the United States. The colonies and England had already been at odds for a year when the colonies convened a Continental Congress in the summer of 1776. Richard Henry Lee of Virginia presented a resolution in a June 7th session in the Pennsylvania State House. That resolution included these now-famous words:
“Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.”
These words led to the drafting of a statement presenting to the world the colonies’ case for independence. Members of the committee included famous patriots John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia. The task of drafting The Declaration of Independence was given to Jefferson.
On July 1, 1776, the Continental Congress reconvened, and on the following day, the resolution for independence was adopted by the colonies. The Declaration was officially adopted and ratified on the afternoon of July 4.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator, with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” — The Declaration of Independence, 1776
“Where you see wrong or inequality or injustice, speak out, because this is your country. This is your democracy. Make it. Protect it. Pass it on.” — Justice Thurgood Marshall
“May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!” — Daniel Webster