Banner, 1860s
date: label: associated date
content: 1776 07 04
notes: label: Description
content: Creating celebrations helped to establish national identity. The Fourth of July, widely observed during the American Revolution, was the first national holiday. It quickly became a day of patriotic symbolism and a tribute to the founding principles of equality and liberty and revolutionary ideals of democracy. For Americans still fighting for those freedoms, the holiday became a day to remind the country of the promise yet to be fulfilled.
topic: label: depicted
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: related event
content: American Revolution
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.317907.01
label: catalog number
content: 317907.01
label: accession number
content: 317907
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Banner
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: red, white, blue, black (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21 1/2 in x 25 in x 2 1/4 in; 54.61 cm x 63.5 cm x 5.715 cm