Italy Independence day?

Should the USA really celebrate Independence Day on July 2nd?

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/why-july-2-is-really-americas-independence-day/2012/07/02/gJQABsMHIW_blog.html "Happy 2nd of July!" That's an expression you don't hear much, but according to author Kenneth C. Davis, that's what Americans should be saying. Davis, author of the "Don't Know Much About" book series, explained why Americans celebrate the country's independence on the 4th and not the 2nd during an appearance on "CBS This Morning." "The fact is that John Adams wrote home to Abigail on the 3rd that this day, July 2nd will go down in history," Davis said. "We'll celebrate it with parades and pomp and bells ringing and fireworks, and it was because Congress actually ruled it in favor of independence on July 2. But it was two days later, of course, that Congress then accepted Jefferson's declaration, explaining the vote two days before that really got fixed in the America's imagination as our birthday. July 2nd should be Independence Day."

• Answer:

  Doesn't seem to make any difference to our city. They celebrated the "Uncle Sam Jam" with games and fireworks on the 3rd this year. They also canceled Halloween one year. They seen to do whatever is most convenient to the Mayor and the City Council.