Monday is the 4th of July - Indepedence Day for the United States.
The school will be CLOSED on Monday. So will all schools, banks, post offices, etc. It is a Federal holiday.
Independence Day celebrates the day - July 4, 1776 - when the 13 colonies declared their independence from England.
You can learn more about Independence Day here.
Note: Most Americans, especially here in California, call Independence Day, "The Fourth of July."
Later, there was a war - the American Revolution - to win independence. After that, the 13 colonies became the United States of America (the USA).
The people we call our "Founding Fathers" (the people who started things, who made the foundation) wrote the Constitution.
The Constitution is the first and most basic law. Really, it is more than one law. It is a set of ideas. These ideas say what the government is and can do. The ideas say what rights people have.
Sometimes we say the Constitution is the "supreme law of the land." This means it is the highest. It is number one. All the big changes that have happened in this country - more civil rights, legal abortion, Miranda rights etc. - have been based on the Constitution.
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the country. It uses the Constitution to test all the cases that come before it.
There are many traditions for the Fourth of July: picnics, parades, fireworks.
In the past, many Americans lit fireworks in the streets. But many people have been hurt and many fires started. So mow they are illegal in many cities. If you like fireworks, you can watch big shows in the sky. Many cities have such shows.
Here are some fun things to do locally:
Have fun and enjoy the day and remember: Many of the good things we enjoy in this country - the freedom to speak our minds, practice whatever religion we like, etc. - started on this day.
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