Every year since 1941, when the 4th of July became a federal holiday, Americans have celebrated the Fourth of July. We all know that Independence Day is celebrated on the 4th of July but the real question is ‘what do we celebrate?’ Though most people in the United States plainly sit and watch fireworks and throw sparklers, there is something more to what they celebrate; there must be, they celebrate it every year. Maybe it’s not as much in what they do, but more in what the holiday stands for. Most Americans see our freedom as a privilege given through hundreds of deaths of passionate people who believed in true freedom. This holiday not only celebrates our freedom, but thanks all those passionate people that fought for it. Maybe our country as it is now is not what they expected, but surely, they would be proud. The story of fourth of July has a good moral to it. Never give up. Their hard work and long fights show what people can do, how hard people can work if they truly believe in what they are doing. It goes for anything. School work, building something or even making a craft. None of us would even be alive, and we most likely wouldn’t be here if those soldiers hadn’t fought with clear passion. July 4, 1776 was not the day that Congress decided to declare independence, and it wasn’t the day we started the revolution. July 4th, 1776 was the day the final version of the Declaration of Independence was signed. It was a finish. But at the same time, it marked a beginning. It stood for the birth of a new country that still lives today. And as those warriors hoped, the country lives freely.