Independence Day

Independence Day is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The Fourth of July has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1941.

The following Ted-ed lesson by Kenneth C. Davis and animated by Henry Chung, Mark Storer, Noel Wong, Alexandra Kogl, Mike Field dives into some of the lesser known facts about the process of writing the Declaration of Independence

https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-you-might-not-know-about-the-declaration-of-independence-kenneth-c-davis