Do any countries celebrate the 4th of July the way we (America) celebrate Cinco de Mayo?

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1. You’re asking Americans about what other countries might do? Seems strange right!

2. By knowing nothing about what the holiday is and using it as an excuse to get drunk?

3. Not an american, but the answer is no

4. On the specific date of July 4? Probably not. However lots of countries have an “Independence From the UK” day.

5. Plenty of countries in Europe celebrate when America won WW2 🫡😉

   Its coming up soon.

6. You do know Cinco de Mayo isn’t the Mexican independence day right?

7. Cinco de mayo is celebrated more in the US than in Mexico anyway lol

8. It’s not like they’re comparable holidays anyway.

   Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican Independence Day.

   It’s the day they defeated the French empire (temporarily) at the first battle of Puebla.

   The French came back and beat them occupying Mexico City, before eventually being defeated. Thanks in large part to aid from the United States.

   The holiday really celebrates Mexican American friendship more than anything.

   Mexican Independence Day is September 16th.

9. Iv’e heard some people say they do

10. It’s not even Mexican Independence day. In a minor holiday about a battle celebrated in a Mexican state.

    We don’t really celebrate it here, it’s more of Mexican beer brands marketed the idea, and Americans who love an excuse to drink bought into it.

11. There is! [Rebildfest in Denmark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebild_Festival?wprov=sfla1) is the biggest 4th of July festival outside of the US, and is a popular destination for Danish-Americans and Americans living in Denmark. As a slightly Danish-American, I hope to go someday.

12. The analogy would be if some country decided to celebrate the anniversary of some small US victory in the war of 1812 by drinking Coors or Budweiser.

13. I was in Sweden on the Fourth of July and there were different 4th of July/American themed parties going on throughout Stockholm.

14. Celebrating Independence from the British is probably one of the most common holidays on the planet. A lot of people eventually beat the British Empire.

15. 1975. I was on a trip through Europe. On a train to Stockholm, I read of the 4th of July celebration in Geneva just a couple of days away. Got to the station and took the next train to Geneva. Largely attended by the American diplomatic corps and family, but plenty of others there for good food, good drink and good times.

16. The Philippines used to celebrate the 4th of July because that was the date the US granted independence to them in 1946.

    However, they decided to change it to honor June 12, 1898, when the Filipino revolutionaries declared independence from Spain.