Republican (nationalist) President Grant signs the Holiday Act of 1870, declaring the fourth of July a federal holiday to celebrate the nation’s birthday.

       NOTE: The fourth of July was the birthday of the voluntary Union, which had been dissolved for nearly a decade.  A more appropriate date for Congress to have chosen would have been July 28th, the anniversary of the false ratification of the fraudulent 14th amendment.

       [added 5/6/2022] Thanks to the History Channel for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

4/16/1877                   1/7/1878

Authority:

Article I, Section 8 [Clause 17]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states

References:

Fourth of July and the Federal Government
gurukul.american.edu/heintze/federal.htm

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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