#Independence_Day__Fourth_of_July__July_4 a legal holiday in the United States
supertype: #legal_holiday__national_holiday authorized by law and limiting work or official business
part of: #July the month following June and preceding August
part of: #Gregorian_calendar__New_Style the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 AD to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752
part of: #summer__summertime the warmest season of the year; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
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