A Victorian Indpendence Day! Happy Fourth of July!

Independence Day Picnic 1862
photo credit: Thiophene_Guy via photopin cc

Although the Fourth of July has been accepted as a day to honor America's indpendence, it wasn't heavily celebrated until the nineteenth century. Celebrating America's initial triumph against Britian began to grow after the War of 1812 when America once again faced the mother country. By the late nineteenth century picnics and parades or family gatherings were becoming a tradition. The Fourth of July was declared a federal holiday in 1870.

Learn some more Fourth of July history on the History Channel. 

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