Independence Day (United States)

Independence Day of the United States, also referred to as Fourth of July or July Fourth in the U.S., is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Continental Congress declaring that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and no longer part of the British Empire. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independence Day is the National Day of the United States.

Background

During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain rule. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:

July 4

July 4 is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 180 days remaining until the end of the year.
The Aphelion, the point in the year when the Earth is farthest from the Sun, occurs around this date.

Events

July 4 (film)

July 4 is a 2007 Malayalam film directed by Joshi, starring Dileep and Roma in the lead roles.

Plot

The story begins in a jail. Ramachandran (Siddique), a very agile police officer, takes charge as the superintendent. He is given a brief about the jail and the prisoners by Narayanan Potti (Innocent), who is the jailer.

One day Ramachandran comes face to face with Gokul Das (Dileep), one of the prisoners who is to be released soon, on 4 July. It is then revealed that the very reason Ramachandran had taken charge of the jail is to meet Gokul Das, with whom he has some old scores to settle. From here unfurls, in flashback sequences, the story of Gokul Das.

As a child, Gokul Das had no one but his mother (Sona Nair) to call his own; he lived in a street and worked in a cycle shop. When he is picked up by the police along with other boys from the street for a crime he has not committed, things go berserk in his life. His mother comes to get him released but is raped and killed by the police officer (Chali Pala) in charge of the station.

July 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

July 3 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 5

All fixed commemorations below celebrated on July 17 by Old Calendarists

Saints

Pre-Schism Western Saints

References