Celebrating U.S. Independence Day

Independence Day (State Dept)

Today, we are called upon to remember not only the day our country was born, but also the indomitable spirit of the first American citizens who made that day possible. We are called to remember how unlikely it was that our American experiment would succeed at all; that a small band of patriots would declare independence from a powerful empire; and that they would form, in the new world, what the old world had never known — a government of, by, and for the people.  

INDEPENDENCE DAY RECEPTION SPEECH

• Consul General Goldbeck July 4th Speech for Guangzhou, 2011
• Consul General Goldbeck July 4th Speech for Hainan, 2011
• Remarks by Consul General Brian L. Goldbeck, Independence Day Reception held in Guangzhou on July 2, 2010

ARCHIVE

• Obama’s Message on America’s Independence Day, 2010
• Declaration of Independence
• Facts for Features: The Fourth of July 2008 (U.S. Census Bureau)
• History – A look at Independence Day from the Library of Congress

PHOTO GALLERY & SLIDE SHOW

• Fireworks and Family
• The Fourth of July: Celebrating U.S. Independence Day
• American Landscapes