The forgotten history of how we came to celebrate July 4

4:06am PDT - July 4th, 2019    fireworks - Google News

For the 243rd time, Americans are celebrating our nation’s birthday. It’s a star-spangled party, the highlight of summer for millions of us. There will be parades and picnics and politicking. And, of course, fireworks. Lots and lots of fireworks, in fact. It’…