July 4th is considered the birthday of the United States as a free and independent country.
Most Americans refer to this holiday just for its date – the Fourth of July, this very day Congress approved the Declaration of Independence which was signed by the President of the Second Continental Congress, John Hancock and the secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson.
Those times residents of thirteen British colonies located along the eastern coast of what is now the United States, waged war with the British king and parliament, as they believed that they were treating them unfairly.
Nowadays the national holiday of the Fourth of July is marked with fireworks, picnics and other outdoor activities, as well as concerts and patriotic speeches, festivals and historical reconstructions. The friendly celebration is joined by neighbouring areas of Canada, as well as Denmark, Norway, Sweden, England, Guatemala and the Philippines. Wide celebration also takes place in other countries where there is the USA diplomatic corps.
On the 15-th of April the Day of Love in Georgiais celebrated.This holiday, dedicated to lovers, as an alternative to the famous Western holiday called Valentine's Day,was organized by Georgian parliament that accepted proposal of Besik Chubinidze - a famouspersonality in local show business.
Near the volcano Mauna Loa in Hawaii, on the 17-th of September the scientists finished an investigation that imitated the Mars lifestyle for the participators.
The experts of NASA published video record and several shots which show how the planet Earth looks during New Year holidays if one looks at it from the Universe.
The famous in the world artist Hailey King working under the trademark FLOX has created the design of Christmas baubles depicting flower with medical peculiarities manuka. With the help of sales FLOX intends to arrange December campaign on the collection of financial expenses for the support of hospices in New Zealand.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
In natural park of Oregon state the wreckage of a part of cliff happened that broke a structure from sandstone of unusual form. Then, the reason has become identified. Particularly, the unique geological formation was deliberately broken by the tourists.
On the 14-th of August Independence Day is celebrated in Pakistan. Firstly this national holiday happened in 1947, it was established in honour of anniversary of independence announcement in Pakistan.
USA will invest $15 million in the program on fight with the climatic change in Central Asia, the head of state department John Kerry claimed at the meeting with ministers of foreign affairs of five Central Asian countries in Washington.
The most important holiday in Peru is its Independence Day, it is celebrated on 28th July to commemorate the anniversary of Peru's independence from Spanish rule in the year 1821.
