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4th of July — The Song Lyrics
The Fourth of July will always be most tightly linked in the American mind with the Continental Congress adopting the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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On July 4, poet Walt Whitman publishes his masterpiece, a collection of poetry, Leaves of Grass, in Brooklyn, New York. It remains an essential part of the canon of American literature.
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On July 4, 1886, the Statute of Liberty, a present from the people of France, is dedicated in New York Harbor, exactly two years after it was first presented as a gift from the French to the U.S. in Paris.
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On July 4, 1862 during a voyage on a rowboat, writer Lewis Carroll entertains 10-year-old Alice Lidell with a tale that he called Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Exactly three years later, on July 4, 1865, his tales are published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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