Our Independence Day is probably a special case. Clearly language is flexible enough to say all the formats, but the date format we write matches the most common verbalization.

> people for hundreds of years have been saying "March second, nineteen sixty two"

In many other English-speaking countries people usually say "the second of March, nineteen sixty two."

Ides of March vs March Ides....

twelve thirty or half twelve

color or colour

Pretty funny America's most patriotic day is an edge case for something culturally American