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I believe that most Americans believe that the 4th of July is just a time for relaxation and good eating. Although they know that it is America's independence, I'm not entirely sure that the majority understand what our independence was from.

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We gained independence from Britain

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July 4th usually means the day that America gained it's independence from the British. Thus it's America and the American citizens first day of freedom.

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To most Americans, July 4th is about celebrating the official date that our nation became independent from Britain.

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To Americans, July 4th represents the freedom we gained as a country. The 4th shows our independence we accomplished.

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It means the day that America became free from our "parent" country, Britain.

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To most it's about America gaining freedom

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It is just a time to spend time with family and celebrate our ability to be an american

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Most Americans celebrate July 4th to spend time with their family and celebrate about being an American citizen

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Most Americans celebrate July 4th to spend time with their family and celebrate about being an American citizen

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To most Americans, the 4th of July is just a celebration with food and fireworks.

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To most Americans July 4th represents a day of freedom for the country

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I believe that the holiday is about celebrating how far we have come as a nation since 1776 and looking forward to the improvements that have yet to come.

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To me, the 4th of July means that we gained our independence and found our voice

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Another day where people get together and have a cookout. People take off from work for the day and close down their businesses. At night time, they throw balls of fire into the air and admire it until the fire disappears.

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It means a cookout

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To me, July 4th means that America fought a treacherous battle to secure independence from Britain. It's a celebratory in order to acknowledge the feat that colonial America accomplished.

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To me, it is our independence. I help celebrate it with fireworks.

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The fourth of July to me means just the day that America became what it is, the independence from another country.

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it means i get to spend time with my family and cookout

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July 4th is my grandfather's birthday so I spend July 4th with my family and close family friends with good food, games and a good time.

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I see July 4th as a very ignorant day because although America finally declared its independence , not everyone in America was free ie. slaves

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We celebrate the 4th by have cook outs

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My family normally celebrates the 4th of July by watching fireworks or hosting a cookout.

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Most of us celebrate with being around family and fireworks.

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We go to cookouts and eat food to celebrate being america

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WE USUALLY Celebrate by having a cookout or a family get together

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July 4th is considered a national holiday because of the Declaration of Independence declaring our freedom.

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July 4th is considered a national holiday because that was a very important day for the United States. On this day, we gained our freedom

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It's a good time to see family that you haven't seen in a while.

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The 4th of July is considered a national holiday because we are commemorating our victory as a nation.

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It represents the day we adopted the declaration of independence

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To me, the 4th of July is the time where we get together and cookouts. During this time we shoot fireworks and celebrate our accomplishment.

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Normally to celebrate, you cookout and go watch the fireworks somewhere and wear America's colors, red, white, and blue.

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Just another holiday but with a greater importance.

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It is a national holiday because we became free from a monarch controlling us

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I think many people don't consider July 4th their Independence Day because African Americans were considered slaves for almost another year.

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Yes, people who are immigrants because America is not where they were born. They probably came to America for a better life, but

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It is considered a national holiday because it is considered the day that the nation became independent in their eyes from their mother country, so they celebrate the nation's ability to control themselves and not be under the control of others.

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The day that the war ended and no we celebrate the lives lost. Its the day we celebrate our independence.

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If someone is in the military they may celebrate July 4th differently and do a lot of planning and take it very seriously.

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We go to see the local baseball game or just watch the fireworks from home or a couple blocks away from the baseball stadium.

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I believe some Native Americans may be unappreciative of this holiday because this was the day we became independent, but we also stole this nation from an already established group. Native Americans don't have a independence day because their nation was wrongfully stolen by force.

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Native Americans/ Indians because we stole the land from them and they still consider it theirs even though it's not and Slaves because they weren't seen as people back then

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The 4th is considered a holiday because it is the day the US gained our independence.

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An enslaved person may view July 4th differently than White Americans because they were considered property and not even humans. They were not citizens and didn't have anything to celebrate on July 4th.

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Most usually spend their 4th of July cooking out and spending time with family.

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Usually me and my friends spend time with family on July 4th.

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I either go to the beach or to a cookout for the 4th of July

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Some may not celebrate the 4th of July as a holiday at all. Others have great patriotism and therefore take much pride in the day. The day we gained our independence is definitely a positive to me personally.

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Yes, I believe black people, Hispanic people, really any culture who has been oppressed in some way by America can feel like the 4th of July really isn't the independence day because independence didn't apply to everyone at that time, so it didn't represent the country as a whole.

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Its considered a national holiday because its the day the nation got independence

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We celebrate the 4th by having cookouts and shooting fireworks.

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Yes, people who are not originally from America would not feel the same way. Even though they live in America, they probably still claim their country

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Back in the 1800s, slaves had no rights. Life for them was extremely harsh and they had to overcome many struggles. Since they were often compared to livestock, celebrating America's independence meant nothing to them since they weren't considered Americans.

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They view it differently because even though they lived in America they were not seen as American they were seen as property so they would care about that date

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It makes our nation look like enormous hypocrites when we see White Americans pioneering for the freedom of the colonies but then laugh at the idea that slaves were anything more than property.

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July 4th is considered a national holiday because it means freedom for most Americans and for the country.

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An enslaved person may viewJuly fourth as a day where they are mocked because they say it's the day American's got their freedom from Britain but they stay enslaved.

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The 4th of July is considered a national holiday because it was a major event in history for America. It was the day the US gained independence.

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July 4th is a considered a national holiday because it was the day the 13 colonies gained its Independence.

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Our (meaning black people) ancestors and the current blacks that know the history, don't celebrate "Independence Day" because we as a people were still enslaved.

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Some may feel that our freedom now still wont change what they have endured. Its like the forgive but they dont forget what has happened. White Americans do not understand how much pride one that was once enslaved does because they have always been free and the majority.

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A slave during that time might have a different opinion about slavery because they were considered Americans but they did not receive any independence or freedom.

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July 4th is considered a national holiday because it was the day we finally become an independent Nation.

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It says our nation truly believed those Africans were actual property and they were nothing more than a broom

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If you were a slave, you were not free because you were still being controlled by someone else, so you wouldn't see yourself as free since you have restrictions upon yourself.

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The idea of America celebrating freedom while slavery was still legal is a contradictory one. We encouraged freedom while keeping enslaved individuals on our land.

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African Americans and those that support them may disagree with it because they know that they weren't considered free until later on in American history.

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At the time it did not say anything but later it made America seem like their contradicting themselves

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People who are black would feel differently because when July 4th was created they werent free

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Slaves in the 1800s didn't view the 4th of July the same way because they didn't have the same rights as whites.

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This shows that America was not equal and believed that everyone was not created equal

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I don't know who would think of this day other than positive or prideful.

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I believe they just thought that freedom only pertain to those that were superior in their opinion. They thought that freedom was being able to do whatever they wanted.

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I would say African Americans would feel different about this because freedom is far from how black people are treated.

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The extent of slavery was so harsh that it deserves to be celebrated because we endured a lot as blacks. It says that the whites held us down fro too long and blacks now rejoice i our freedom.

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We celebrate a day of enslavement and inequality.

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An enslave person would probably believe that were still enslaved and the Declaration Of Independence didn't help anything.

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They would view it differently because they were actually free at the time

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It says that we are not smart and ignorant

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It said that we are not intelligence and ignorant also.

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Slaves during that time didn't feel they had the same rights as whites. With that being said they didn't see the 4th as a big deal.

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This showed that we are a hypocrite. We promote and fight for freedom but African Americans aren't free. This shows the inequality between whites and blacks in America.

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To most Americans, the 4th of July is just an excuse to have a family/friends gathering and have a good time.

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It is a time where I get to see my family, eat well, and have a nice time.

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We celebrate with going to visit family, shooting fireworks and having a cookout.

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The 4th of July is considered a national holiday because it is the day we gained "our" independence.

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Just about any other race aside from whites would probably not a positive connotation to it because they were still oppressed.

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They would feel differently because apparently the White Americans just thought this right didn't apply to African Americans, so they weren't free yet. 

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They would feel differently because apparently the White Americans just thought this right didn't apply to African Americans, so they weren't free yet. 

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It shows that we are hypocrites who try and make ourselves feel better and appear to be decent people by celebrating a day of "independence"!

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They may view it differently due to the fact that it signifies America and its citizens freedom and at this time, African Americans weren't free nor considered citizens

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That they have a certain or ever changing definition of freedom

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For most Americans the 4th of July means that this time they can spend with their family

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To me it means that we don't have to go to school and I get to see family members that I don't always see

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Every year my family has a 4th of July cookout either at my UNcle's house or at a park because there are so many of us

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It is considered a national holiday because thats when the american government gained freedom from British rule

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I wouldn't say i feel different but I do want to say that not all people were free afterwards because they still had slavery

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Because they still weren't considered free until the epancimation proclamation

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That goes to show that they are more worried about the government that how individuals feel