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Books to Celebrate July 4
Every American school child learns that the Fourth of July, or Independence Day, commemorates the birth of the United States as an independent nation. On July 2nd, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and two days later delegates from the 13 colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence, which was drafted by Thomas Jefferson.