Independence Day is the appropriate date as a symbolical reminder of the American article of faith that governments are instituted among men to secure to them certain inalienable rights, the first of which is life, and when any government becomes subversive of that end, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.

The Independence Day celebration will be properly observed with a big military and civic parade from West Warwick to the Greene Homestead in Anthony ; ;

* 15 August is Indian Independence Day since 1947.

* 14 August is Pakistan's Independence Day since 1947.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Moldova from the USSR in 1991.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bolivia from Spain in 1825.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Central African Republic from France in 1960.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.

* Independence Day, celebrates the day on which Pakistan was made an independent country based on border lines created by the British during the end of their rule of India in 1947.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Republic of the Congo from France in 1960.

* Independence Day of India, celebrates the independence of India from the United Kingdom in 1947.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Gabon from France in 1960.

* Independence Day, celebrates the proclamation of Indonesia's independence from Japan in 1945.

* Independence Day, commemorates the Treaty of Rawalpindi in 1919, granting independence from Britain.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Uruguay from Brazil in 1825.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kyrgyzstan from the Soviet Union in 1991

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Malaysia from the United Kingdom in 1957.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Trinidad and Tobago from the United Kingdom in 1962.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zimbabwe from United Kingdom in 1980.

* Independence Day ( Conch Republic, Key West, Florida )

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Burkina Faso from France in 1960.

Since 1975, Niger has celebrated Arbor Day as part of its Independence Day: 3 August.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Chad from France in 1960.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Sierra Leone from United Kingdom in 1961.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Togo from France in 1960.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Kazakhstan from the Soviet Union in 1991.

However December 16 is only the date on which the state celebrates the event, while the actual day on which the independence of Bahrain was declared was August 15, 1971 ( see Bahrain Independence Day )

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Finland from Russia in 1917.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Estonia from Russian Empire in 1918 ; the Soviet period is considered illegal annexation.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Saint Lucia from the United Kingdom in 1979.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Grenada from the United Kingdom in 1974.

When the American colonies published their Declaration of Independence in July 1776, the British government did not issue any official response but instead secretly commissioned London lawyer and pamphleteer John Lind to publish a rebuttal.

* Second Bank – official site at Independence Hall National Historical Park

The flag was made official on 18 October 1817 by a decree, of which only indirect references to the absence of a copy thereof, which was officially presented during the Pledge of Independence ceremony on 12 February 1818, a ceremony in which the bearer was Tomás Guido.

Church seal on a set of doors to the Independence TempleThe Community of Christ states that it recognizes that " perception of truth is always qualified by human nature and experience " and it therefore has not adopted an official religious creed.

The Centennial International Exhibition of 1876, the first official World's Fair in the United States, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from May 10 to November 10, 1876, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia.

Indian society is traditionally divided into castes or clans, not ethnicities, and these categories have had no official status since Independence in 1947, except for the scheduled castes and tribes which remain registered for the purpose of positive discrimination.

His aim was to gain both popular and official recognition for the Republic, and to float a loan to finance Dáil Éireann and the War of Independence.

* April 17 – As the " official guests of State ", Bob Marley and the Wailers perform at Zimbabwe's Independence festival.

In 1981, the NPS defined the official boundaries of the National Mall ( National Mall proper ) as Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues on the north, 1st Street NW on the east, Independence and Maryland Avenues on the south, and 14th Street NW on the west, with the exception of the section of land bordered by Jefferson Drive on the north, Independence Avenue on the south, and by 12th and 14th Streets respectively on the east and west, which the U. S. Department of Agriculture administers and which contains the Jamie L. Whitten Building ( U. S. Department of Agriculture Administration Building ).

Noyk defended many IRA members in courts martial during the Irish War of Independence and served as an official in the First Dáil Department of Finance and as a Dáil Court judge during the war.

After Independence, the Castle remained for the elite, becoming the official resident of the Mexico's heads of state, including the Emperor Maximilian, who had the Paseo de la Reforma built to connect this area with the historic center of the city.

After Mexico achieved Independence in 1821, the Castle became the official residence of the head of state.

It has been renamed several times as well, from “ de la Constitución ,” “ de la República ” to the current official name of “ de los Mártires ” but popularly it retains the name of “ Plaza de Armas .” The alternate name, Plaza de los Mártires ( Plaza of the Martyrs ) is in honor of people like Mariano Matamoros, Guadalupe el Salto and others who were executed here during the Mexican War of Independence and later in 1830 during political unrest.

After the Declaration of Independence in 1776, which marked the official beginning of the American national identity, the new nation needed a history, and part of that history would be expressed visually.

In the Declaration of Independence of Moldova ( 27 August 1991 ), the official language was named " Romanian ", but the 1994 constitution declared Moldovan the state language.

From the Proclamation of the Independence of Brazil in 1822 until the 1831 abdication, an anthem that had been composed by Pedro I himself, celebrating the country's independence ( and that now continues to be an official patriotic song, the Independence Anthem ), was used as the National Anthem.

The lack of uniform, official lyrics would only be terminated in 1922, during the celebrations of the first centennial of the Proclamation of Independence, when an adapted version of Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada's lyrics, first proposed in 1909, were deemed official.

The official lyrics of the Brazilian National Anthem were proclaimed by decree of President Epitácio Pessoa ( Decree 15. 761 of 1922 ), issued on 6 September 1922, at the hight of the celebrations of the Independence Centennial.

On May 20, 2004, even prior to its inaugural flight, Independence Air signed a deal with the Washington Redskins to become the official airline sponsor of the team for three years.

The Hino da Independência ( Portuguese: Independence Anthem ) is a Brazilian official patriotic song, created in 1822, commemorating the country's declaration of independence from Portugal.

However, Pedro I's composition remained in use as a patriotic song, being played especially in the context of civil or military ceremonies celebrating the country's Independence, and it was declared the " Anthem of the Independence of Brazil ", keeping, therefore, the status of one of Brazil's official patriotic songs.