4th of July – Here Are A Few Things You Probably Didn’t Know!

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Three U.S. presidents actually died on July 4. Two of them passed away within hours of each other on July 4, 1826: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. The other to share the distinction was James Monroe, who died July 4, 1831.

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Calvin Coolidge is the only U.S. president born on the 4th of July. He was born in 1872.

Independence Day was first celebratedin Philadelphia on July 8, 1776.

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The first public Fourth of July event at the White House occurred in 1804.

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The 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence did not sign at the same time, nor did they sign on July 4, 1776. John Hancock was the only person to actually sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The other 55 signers did not sign it until August 2nd or even later.

In 1941, Congress declared 4th of Julya federal legal holiday. It is one of the few federal holidays that have not been moved to the nearest Friday or Monday.

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Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national animal but was outvoted when John Adams and Thomas Jefferson chose the bald eagle.

The words Under God were not added to the Pledge of Allegiance until the year 1954.

The national anthem is actually set to the tune of an old English drinking song called To Anacreon in Heaven.

Yankee Doodle, the patriotic song (and state anthem of Connecticut) was originally sung by British military officers to mock the disheveled and disorganizedAmerican colonists who fought alongside them during the French and Indian Wars.

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Malia Obama, President Obama's daughter, was born on the 4th of July.

And there you have it, little known facts about 4^th of July! Happy 4^th of July everyone!