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1. We celebrate the adoption of the Declaration on July 4, not the signing.

 

2.  The 4th of July wasn’t a federal holiday until 1870.

 

3.  Christmas was recognized as a federal holiday at the same time.

 

4.  The original draft of the Declaration of Independence was lost

 

5.  Pursuit of Property was changed to Pursuit of Happiness!

 

6.  John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826.

 

7.   That also happened to be the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration!

 

8.   James Monroe died on July 4, 1831

 

9.  President Zachary Taylor died in 1850 after eating spoiled fruit at a July 4 celebration.

10.   President Calvin Coolidge was born on the 4th of July!

 

It takes a great man to be a good listener.   Calvin Coolidge

11.   The 4th of July is the biggest hot dog holiday of the year with over 155 million consumed.

 

12.   Farmers often say that the corn should be as knee high by the 4th of July.

 

13.  The Liberty Bell has not been rung since 1846 to avoid further cracking it.

 

14. Benjamin Franklin thought the national bird should be the turkey.

 

15. The Liberty Bell was cast in England. The statue of Liberty came from France!

 

16.  The average age of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was 45.

 

17.  The version of the Declaration that we are used to seeing is called the Dunlap Broadside. 200 copies were made.

 

18.  Only 27 of those are accounted for.

 

19. One of those was found on the back of a picture frame at a tag sale.   It later sold for $8.14 million dollars.

 

20. John and Abigail Adams had turtle soup for dinner on July 4, 1776.

 

21. The current flag was designed by an Ohio high school student as part of a school  project.

 

22. He got a B from his teacher, but he raised it to A when it was adopted ad the national flag!
 
 

 

 

23.  John Philip Sousa wrote 135 marches including the Stars and Stripes Forever in 1896 and Semper Fideles in 1888- the official march for the US Marines. 

 

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