Doesn't mean we have a pandemic, we can no longer spend our time celebrating the United States' freedom. On Saturday, July 4, Independence day is set to happen. And its a holiday you shouldn't miss. Before you hit the road, you must know which stores and shops are opened and working in the holidays. Here's the list.
Which stores are open on Independence Day?
According to Fox News, if you're planning to celebrate the upcoming holidays this weekend, there are many stores open for you despite the COVID-19 lockdown and Independence Day holidays.
Here are the open stores before Independence Day comes:
For emergencies, the hospitals, police departments, fire departments, and such are still operational on July 3. The banks are also open for services, and even the U.S. Postal Service can accommodate services in the middle of July 3.
"Postal employees: Either Friday, July 3 or Saturday, July 4, will be treated as a holiday depending on employee duties and regular schedule," a message reads on the USPS' Holiday and Events page. "Check with your manager or supervisor for information on how this impacts you."
If you're going to eat outside, here are the restaurants that are opened on Friday, July 3.
- Bahama Breeze
- Bob Evans
- The Cheesecake Factory
- Chili's
- Cracker Barrel
- Denny's
- IHOP
- Olive Garden
- Red Lobster
- Texas Roadhouse
Some of the retail stores that are still open on Friday, July 3, in selected states in the country are:
- Best Buy
- Costco
- CVS
- Home Depot
- Kroger
- Target
- Trader Joe's
- Walmart
- Walgreens
- Whole Foods
If you want to know if you're favorite local restaurants or stores are open before the holidays, it is advised to contact them first before going there.
Closed stores on July 3
To lessen your time researching which stores are open or not, here are some of the stores that are said to be closed from Friday until the Fourth of July.
All government offices are expected to be close in the holidays and the day before that. Same as the public libraries and financial markets.
What happened on the Fourth of July?
All Americans know what the fourth of July means. Its the day when America was declared as an independent nation. July 4, 1776, was the exact date of the very first declaration of America's Independence Day.
"July 4, 1776, became the date that was included on the Declaration of Independence, and the fancy handwritten copy that was signed in August (the copy now displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) It's also the date that was printed on the Dunlap Broadsides, the original printed copies of the Declaration that were circulated throughout the new nation. So when people thought of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, was the date they remembered," explained Constitution Facts.
For now, Americans surely have a different Independence Day in the middle of lockdown.
