FUN FACTS ABOUT INDEPENDENCE DAY
1. Thomas Jefferson is credited with writing the majority of the Declaration of Independence.
2. The 4th Of July was not declared a national holiday until 1870.
3. The 4th Of July was not an official paid holiday until 1938.
4. Fifty-six men signed the Declaration of Independence.
5. Only two men who signed the Declaration went on to become U.S. Presidents (John Adams and Thomas Jefferson).
6. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4th, 1826.7. At age 27, Thomas Lynch was the youngest person to sign the Declaration.
8. At age 70, Benjamin Franklin was the oldest person to sign the Declaration.
9. Calvin Coolidge (30th President of the United States) was born on Independence Day.
10. The Declaration of Independence was actually written on July 2nd.
11. The Declaration of Independence originated as a letter to King George.
12. Only two men (John Hancock and Charles Thompson) signed the Declaration on July 4th, 1776. The others did not sign it until August 2nd.
13. On average, Americans consume about 155 million hot dogs on the 4th of July.
Happy 4th Of July!
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