Independence Day
4 July 2026 — Ding-dong! Every chime sends sparks across the sky!
On 4 July 1776, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, in which thirteen British colonies in North America announced their separation from the British Crown. The text was drafted mainly by Thomas Jefferson. Today 4 July is the main national holiday of the United States. It is marked with parades, barbecues and picnics, concerts, and red, white and blue decorations, and in the evening with big fireworks displays in almost every town. It is a federal holiday. The day is also linked with the famous Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, a symbol of independence, although the story of it ringing on this exact day is considered a 19th-century legend. The sky connects to the holiday mostly through fireworks, which look like brief, bright constellations from the ground. The date is fixed and does not depend on any lunar calendar, and on warm July nights in the northern hemisphere you can spot Cygnus, Lyra and Aquila overhead.
Flying across the sky: An ethereal, bluish-silver figure of a great bell drawn from bright dots and thin connecting lines, like a constellation drifting across the sky
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