{"id":1181,"date":"2011-06-24T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T21:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2011-06-24T17:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-24T21:34:00","slug":"4th-of-july-america%e2%80%99s-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/4th-of-july-america%e2%80%99s-independence-day.html","title":{"rendered":"4th of July, America\u2019s Independence Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year throughout the United States, Americans celebrate Independence Day, which is a national holiday commemorating their independence from England in 1776.<\/p>\n<p>Next week is the start of the 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July weekend; many people will be traveling around the country during this holiday. The most common activity during the Fourth of July is to watch a fireworks show. Other activities like attending parades, having picnics and barbecues are also popular.<\/p>\n<p>For international students in the USA, this is a great chance to experience a unique American holiday. Use the long holiday weekend to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/tips-for-taking-a-road-trip-in-america.html\" target=\"_blank\">take a road trip<\/a> to a major US city where the firework shows are usually more spectacular. If you are traveling into the US, make sure you have a good <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/travel-medical-insurance\/\">travel insurance<\/a> policy that would be able to cover you on your travels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year throughout the United States, Americans celebrate Independence Day, which is a national holiday commemorating their independence from England in 1776. Next week is the start of the 4th of July weekend; many people will be traveling around the country during this holiday. The most common activity during the Fourth of July is to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,104],"tags":[686,684,687,688,1228,685,578],"class_list":["post-1181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-insurance","category-international-students-in-the-usa","tag-4th-of-july","tag-fourth-of-july","tag-independence-day","tag-international-student","tag-travel-insurance","tag-july-4","tag-road-trip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1181"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1183,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1181\/revisions\/1183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalstudentinsurance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}