{"id":302,"date":"2008-07-03T07:05:12","date_gmt":"2008-07-03T12:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/302"},"modified":"2008-07-02T20:07:21","modified_gmt":"2008-07-03T01:07:21","slug":"celebrate-july-4th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/302","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate July 4th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July Fourth is Independence Day. See information related to this national holiday online from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.census.gov\/Press-Release\/www\/releases\/archives\/facts_for_features_special_editions\/011920.html\">Census Bureau<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usa.gov\/Topics\/Independence_Day.shtml\">usa.gov<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/minisites\/fourthofjuly\/\">history.com<\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/today\/jul04.html\">Library of Congress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/julyfourth.jpg\" alt=\"Flag and fireworks image\" align=\"right\" height=\"133\" width=\"108\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do we celebrate?<\/strong>  It&#8217;s our national birthday! On July 4, 1776 the 13 colonies took a big step toward becoming a sovereign nation when the Second Continental Congress approved the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.gov\/exhibits\/charters\/declaration.html\">Declaration of Independence<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do we celebrate?<\/strong> parades, fireworks, barbecues, concerts, etc. <strong><font color=\"#008000\">Whitewater<\/font><\/strong>&#8216;s parade on Friday, July 4th, starts at 10 a.m. See the entire <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ww4th.com\/festivalschedule.html\">festival schedule (July 3-6)<\/a> online.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>University Library<\/strong> is closed on Friday-Saturday, but open on Sunday July 6th (4-8 p.m.). Whitewater&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitewater.lib.wi.us\/\">public library<\/a><\/strong> (Irvin L. Young Memorial Library) is closed on Friday but open on Saturday July 5th.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uww.edu\/images\/library\/blog\/gpologo.gif\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"Government Printing Office logo\" height=\"58\" width=\"60\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"small\">The University Library is a federal depository with many federal, state, local, and international documents on a variety of current and relevant issues available to you in print, microfiche, CD-ROM, and electronically. Come check out your government at the University Library!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July Fourth is Independence Day. See information related to this national holiday online from the Census Bureau, usa.gov, history.com, and the Library of Congress. Why do we celebrate? It&#8217;s our national birthday! On July 4, 1776 the 13 colonies took &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/302\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,35],"tags":[326,220,783,348,285],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-world","category-infogov","tag-census","tag-fun-stuff","tag-government-info","tag-holidays","tag-whitewater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5064,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions\/5064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}