The United States considers July 4th as it’s birthday because it was on this day in 1776 that the Continental Congress announced that our 13 colonies were independent from England.
The words were written in June of that year by Thomas Jefferson, and when we US citizens are paying attention, inform us and our government even today.
If you’d like to read along, you can do so here.
And to all us Americans, Happy 4th of July
Write well and often,