4th of July: In addition to fireworks and sparklers, Americans can celebrate the Fourth of July by igniting a renewed interest in the important events that have shaped our country’s history and heritage, according to former US Congressman George Nethercutt, Jr., author of In Tune With America: Our History in Song. Nethercutt offers the following [...]
In addition to fireworks and sparklers, Americans can celebrate the Fourth of July by igniting a renewed interest in the important events that have shaped our country’s history and heritage, according to former US Congressman George Nethercutt, Jr., author of In Tune With America: Our History in Song. Nethercutt offers the following ideas to mark [...]
While the Fourth of July barbecue is as uniquely American as baseball and apple pie, the first International Weber GrillWatch Survey(TM) shows that outdoor cooks around the globe celebrate their own national holidays in much the same way. Independence Day is the number one grilling holiday in the United States, according to the Survey, with [...]
On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country. 2.5 million In July 1776, the estimated number [...]