Trivia: What does the Fourth of July holiday commemorate?
Declaration of Independence
First Amendment
First battle of Revolutionary War
George Washington’s birthday
The correct answer is Declaration of Independence
So why is this answer correct? : On July 2, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favor of independence, and John Adams predicted that July 2 would be “celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival.” Close enough. Two days later, on July 4, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence. Over the next year, public readings of the Declaration were celebrated with bonfires, parades, speeches, and more. The inaugural commemoration of independence took place on July 4, 1777, with similar fanfare.