Backdated to the 4 July fireworks

[unexpected_adventures]

[Bilbo will be staring out of his castle window at the firework display in the city. It was a magnificent sight and reminded him of being back in Bag End with Gandalf's fireworks. They were something else, being created by magic mostly. He sighed and placed his chin on his hands, as his eyes misted over for a few moments.

He tears his eyes away from the sight, as he opens his journal and thinks of what to write. Why was there a celebration within the city? Was it someone's birthday? Or something else entirely? He frowned, before eventually thinking of something.]

I am curious to know why there are fireworks within the city. Is it someone's birthday or something else entirely? I am enjoying watching them, as the colours are spectacular!

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[wizard_redfive]

Dunno. The locals were kinda fuzzy on the details, but it seems too good to be a coincidence.

Great Britian. The United States was originally a British colony, along with various other nations. But the Thirteen Colonies got tired of British rule, starting the Revolutionary War. About a year later, our Founding Fathers gathered together to debate further plans and decided to break away from Britian entirely. On July 4, 1776, they approved a written document called the Declaration of Independence, making the United States' independence unofficially offical.

Of course, Britian didn't exactly see it that way until after the war was over.