 Hi, I'm Liz Wade and I'm Adam Novus from Spotlight and it's the fourth of July Or there's another name for it too, Adam. What's that? Independence Day, that's correct in the United States. We celebrate our independence day on July 4th So that's probably why you'll hear a lot of people say that they celebrate the 4th of July even though it's the 4th of July All around the world. Yes, and today we are going to tell you about five things that people do on the 4th of July Independence Day, I don't how are we supposed to refer to this? Well, now you know Anyway, join us for five things that US people do on the 4th of July I've got the first one for you people love to talk about Freedom. Yeah, they do. Freedom is a big deal in the United States It started way back in 1776 before the country was even founded. It was a group of colonies or separate States almost and they all decided They don't want to be ruled by Great Britain or any other country. They want their freedom They want their freedom. They want to be independent So a bunch of people got together and they signed the Declaration of Independence, which is why we call July 4th Independence Day The second thing that people do on the 4th of July or Independence Day is wear red white and blue Why and well, those are the colors of the United States flag So we have red white and blue and people really love to Display the flag and they love to wear the colors so that they are kind of representing the United States I even have seen people wear swimming suits or Hats or they will put the American flag or red white and blue on any kind of clothing. Yes I or even just the colors I will admit that I have actually bought my family like special 4th of July clothes Before not every year so that we can celebrate the holiday properly and a lot of people will also decorate their houses in fantastic ways, maybe huge buntings of Red white and blue or a gigantic American flag. Yeah, it's a it's a big day that even people who aren't Super patriotic still sometimes participate in in ways of getting dressed up. Yes The third thing that people love to do to celebrate Independence Day is to get together with friends and family and Have a party Liz. Do you like to get together and what do you do when you do? 4th of July celebrations, yes every 4th of July we gather together with some friends and family and we we go to a parade together and then we go and we have a breakfast together So there's pancakes and sausages. I don't know if those are really American foods but we go get together and then Yeah, just have a party and then later in the day we with my family or maybe other families Then we also have maybe barbecue. We barbecue, which is a yeah on a grill So barbecue is one of those weird words that can mean many different things Depending on where you are in the United States and here it could mean Just doing something on the grill. Yeah cooking outside. Yeah, I think a lot of people have that holiday off from work So it's a great time to get together with family and friends. Yeah The fourth thing that people in the United States will do on the 4th of July or Independence Day is Go to the water now in Michigan. We are surrounded by the Great Lakes So it's very easy for us to go to the water There's a very common thing to do in the Midwest but all across the United States people will find water to Go on a boat to go to a cottage to just lay out on an inner tube or down a river People love to go to the water. Yeah, I live close to the water But on the 4th of July because everyone else goes to the water. I often stay away from the water But it is a lot of fun when the weather is great to go out and we don't own a boat But it's always fun to kind of go water skiing or tubing behind a boat Which can be fun as I get older. I don't do as much of the adventurous sport But it is fun to get together with people at the water. There's something special about it Right and when you get tired of all that beautiful nature and the sound of waves, there's always Fireworks the fifth thing that people do in the United States to celebrate the 4th of July is they celebrate fireworks It's very popular cities often have big displays where people gather for hours earlier as the sunset and they have amazing fireworks displays shot into the air and For a long time long time. Yeah, it feels like they've gotten more and more extravagant Over the years. I'm not a big fan of waiting in crowds. I do like fireworks Liz, do you like fireworks? No, I do not like fireworks See this is they they last so long and they're so loud and uh, honestly, I think they're a little scary But I know that people around the world love fireworks and some people love them so much adam That if they can't go to a city to experience a grand firework display Um people like uh who live in an area where they have their own land They can set off their own backyard fireworks But that's actually pretty dangerous in the united states last year in 2020 Setting off backyard fireworks 18 people died setting off backyard fireworks and over 15 000 were treated for injuries as they were doing fireworks, so Fireworks something people do all over the united states on the fourth of july But something that they often get hurt doing Yes, and often hospital people don't have that day off, so they have to go and treat all those people Well, if you're going to set off any fireworks in the united states, I guess our our warning is be safe So those are five things that people in the united states do to celebrate independence day Do you have an independence day in the country where you live? 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