Fourth of July Fun Facts

  

• July 4, 1776:  the representatives of the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence.
• July 4, 1826: Both Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died.  
• July 4, 1870: Congress declares the fourth as a national holiday. 
• The first public readings of the Declaration of Independence on Philadelphia's Independence Square was accompanied by ringing bells and band music.
• Fourth food often include hot dogs, corn on the cob and watermelon.

Happy Fourth of July!