What is celebrated on the 4th of July

On Tuesday July 4 It is a date that has disparate celebrations in different parts of the world.

United States of America celebrates the Independence holiday, which was signed on July 4, 1776.

This year, 2023, Americans will take advantage of Tuesday, July 4, to gather and celebrate with fireworks, ceremonies, speeches, parades, and concerts, among other things. In addition, people celebrate at fairs and parks, on beaches, in the streets and patios of their homes where they hold family gatherings and barbecues and take advantage of the region’s summer weather.

What is known today as the United States consisted of 13 colonies that belonged to Great Britain. On July 4, 1776, the representatives of those colonies signed the Declaration of Independence, a document recognizing the United States as an independent nation, prepared by a committee of five citizens, with Thomas Jefferson as the principal author. Congress debated and revised the text of the statement, finally passing it on July 4.

4th of July is known as Independence Day or the Fourth of July, in English.

On June 28, 1870, the United States Congress declared July 4 a federal holiday, so government offices, banks, and some private sector businesses are closed on that day.

Ecuador: Galapagos National Park

Ecuador, July 4 is the anniversary of the founding of the Galapagos National ParkEcuador’s first protected area.

According to the Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition, it was established under Executive Order N-17 of July 4, 1959 by commemorating the first centenary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s book “The Origin of Species”.who inspired his famous theory of evolution through natural selection based on the observations he made during his stay in these Ecuadorian islands.

The presidential decree of Camilo Ponce Enríquez took into account the high ecological value of this archipelago, which is why he declared it a National Park, covering 97% of its land area, and also becoming the country’s first protected area. This standard declared “national reserve parks of exclusive domain of the state, for the conservation of flora and fauna, the land that forms the islands of the Colón or Galapagos archipelago, with the exception of the said reserve zones, the land hitherto in was owned by the settlers of the archipelago and those who were already legal by the state,” the site of the Galapagos National Park.

The Galapagos National Park covers about 7,970 square kilometers, which corresponds only to the terrestrial part; It also consists of 330 islands, islets and rocks.

In the Galapagos, only 5 islands have any sort of human settlement, which are generally the largest in the archipelago and have natural resources that support the life and development of the communities they host.

The Ecuadorian authorities recently signed the agreement Galapagos debt-for-conservation swap.