In 1870, the U.S. Congress made Independence Day an unpaid holiday for federal employees
In 1938, Congress changed Independence Day to a paid federal holiday
In Rwanda, July 4 is an official holiday known as Liberation Day, commemorating the end of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide in which the US government also played a role.
Since 1916, Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City supposedly started as a way to settle a dispute among four immigrants as to who was the most patriotic.
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