ARTICLES & FUN FACTS ABOUT INDEPDENDENCE DAY

The following from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs unless otherwise noted.

• U.S. Independence Day a Civic and Social Event
• Fourth of July Music Reflects U.S. History, Diversity
• Revolution
• An American Fourth of July in Pictures
• The Declaration of Independence, The National Archives
• The Declaration of Independence: A History, The National Archives
• Patriotic Melodies, The Library of Congress
• Fun Facts about July 4th, The Census Bureau
• The Declaration of Independence Kids' Quiz, The White House Kids

ONLINE READING

• USA History in Brief

  The publication summarizes in a few thousand words the history of how the United States was founded and the forces and events that shaped the dynamic and varied country that it has become today.

• Outline of U.S. History

  A chronological look at how the United States took shape -- from its origins as an obscure set of colonies on the Atlantic coast a little more than 200 years ago into what one political analyst today calls "the first universal nation."