Independence Day
noun
: a civil holiday for the celebration of the anniversary of the beginnings of national independence
specifically
: July 4 observed as a legal holiday in the U.S. in commemoration of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776
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Unlike previous years, the ceremony commemorating Mexican Independence Day in the capital of the Golden State was brief, and organizers opted to forgo a festival that previously drew dozens of vendors and large crowds.
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Nicole Chavez, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Roland Emmerich became Hollywood’s king of disaster in the 1990s — mainly by cross-breeding the genre with alien and monster pictures, like Independence Day and Godzilla.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Protests across the city and in suburbs have pushed back on the recent influx of agents, which appeared to dampen Mexican Independence Day celebrations last weekend, and immigration arrests were reported across the region early this week.
—Jake Sheridan, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Among them was Gustavo Landeros, a Dixon resident who has celebrated Mexican Independence Day at the Capitol for 14 years.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Nicole Chavez, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Roland Emmerich became Hollywood’s king of disaster in the 1990s — mainly by cross-breeding the genre with alien and monster pictures, like Independence Day and Godzilla.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Protests across the city and in suburbs have pushed back on the recent influx of agents, which appeared to dampen Mexican Independence Day celebrations last weekend, and immigration arrests were reported across the region early this week.
—Jake Sheridan, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Among them was Gustavo Landeros, a Dixon resident who has celebrated Mexican Independence Day at the Capitol for 14 years.
—Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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