Helge Kristyn

Independence Day 2024 How Many Years Old. Independence day, or more commonly known as the fourth of july, is a federal holiday to commemorate the adoption of the declaration of independence on 4 july 1776,. India is preparing to celebrate its 78th independence day on august 15, 2024, a landmark occasion that commemorates the end of nearly 200 years of british.

Every year, us independence day is observed on july 4. While the fourth of july became an unpaid federal holiday in 1870, it was on june 29, 1938, that a law was passed turning it into a paid holiday for federal employees.