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Watch This Amazing Slow-Motion Video of Daytime Fireworks Exploding

Is it the Bat-Signal?

Watch This Amazing Slow-Motion Video of Daytime Fireworks Exploding

How Do Fireworks Get Their Colors?

There’s a science behind all those colors.

How Do Fireworks Get Their Colors?

10 Famous Americans Who Were Born on the Fourth of July

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10 Famous Americans Who Were Born on the Fourth of July

How Americans Celebrated Independence Day in 1777

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How Americans Celebrated Independence Day in 1777

13 Rules for Displaying the American Flag

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Remembering Mary Katharine Goddard, the Only Woman Whose Name Appeared on the Declaration of Independence

Look closely, and you will see Mary Katharine Goddard’s name at the bottom of the Declaration of Independence.

14 Hot and Juicy Facts About Nathan's Famous

Nathan’s Famous is a staple of Coney Island.

10 Things You Didn't Know About the Fourth of July

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5 Ways to Keep Your Dog Calm on the Fourth of July

May all dogs be this chill on the Fourth of July.

When John Adams Predicted the Wrong Independence Day

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What's Really Inside a Hot Dog?

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Which Stores Are Open on July 4th?

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8 Other Things That Happened on July 4

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10 Fireworks Effects You Should Know the Names Of

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12 Fun Facts About the U.S. Flag

What does Betsy Ross have to do with it? Probably not as much as you learned in history class...

The 13 Best Places to Eat and Drink in Washington, D.C.

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