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- THOMAS JEFFERSON WAS THE MAIN AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
- JOHN HANCOCK WAS THE FIRST TO SIGN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
- MANY BELIEVED THAT JULY 2nd SHOULD BE THE DAY WE CELEBRATE BECAUSE THE DOCUMENT TO DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED ON JULY 2nd.
- JOHN ADAMS REFUSED TO CELEBRATE ON JULY 4th BECAUSE HE STRONGLY DISAGREED WITH ITS SELECTION. HE WANTED JULY 2nd AS THE DATE FOR CELEBRATION.
- APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILLION PEOPLE LIVED IN AMERICA IN 1776.
- THREE PRESIDENTS WHO SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DIED ON JULY 4th. ADAMS AND JEFFERSON DIED IN 1826 AND MONROE DIED IN 1831.
- THE LIBERTY BELL IS RUNG EVERY JULY 4tH AT 2 PM IN PHILADELPHIA 13 TIMES TO HONOR THE 13 ORIGINAL COLONIES/STATES.
- IN 1779 JULY 4th WAS CELEBRATED ON JULY 5TH BECAUSE JULY 4th WAS A SUNDAY.
- THE FIRST FIREWORKS SHOW HAPPENED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1777.
- AMERICANS SPEND $1.2 BILLION ON FIREWORKS ANNUALLY.
- CALVIN COOLIDGE WAS THE ONLY US PRESIDENT BORN ON THE 4th OF JULY.
- JULY 4th BECAME A FEDERAL HOLIDAY IN 1870.
- THOMAS JEFFERSON BELIEVED THAT THE US CONSTITUTION SHOULD BE REVISED EVERY 19 YEARS.
- AMERICANS EAT AROUND 150 MILLION HOT DOGS EACH JULY 4th.
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