What was the weather like on July 4, 1776?

When the founding fathers gathered to sign the Declaration of Independence, at least one of them was considering what the weather was that day - Thomas Jefferson.

July 4, Juneteenth and the meaning of national holidays

We set our calendars around national holidays — from December 25 for Christmas to July 4 for Independence Day, and, starting this year, June 19 for Juneteenth. But national holidays, even for the country's founding, didn't start until the United States was nearly 100 years old.