Interesting and Strange July 4th Facts: The United States Military Academy West Point opened on this day in 1802.
The Louisiana Purchase was announced on July 4th 1803.
Construction on the Erie Canal began in New York on July 4th 1817.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4 in 1826, and James Monroe—the nation's fifth president—died just a few years later on July 4, 1831.
"My Country, 'Tis of Thee" was written on this day in 1831.
Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" was published on July 4th 1855.
President Calvin Coolidge was born July 4th in 1872.
American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804.
The Freedom of Information Act was signed by LBJ on this day in 1966.
Neil Simon was born July 4 1927.
The American Anthem is sung to the tune of a British drinking song named "To Anacreon in Heaven."
Buffalo Bill Cody presented the first Wild West Show, in North Platte, Nebraska on July 4 1883
American gangster Meyer Lansky was born on July 4, 1902.
The American Flag received its 50th star on this day in 1960.
A massive heat wave struck the northeastern United States on July 4, 1911, killing 380 people.
Eating Salmon on the Fourth is a New England tradition, and Americans eat about 150 million hot dogs on Independence Day (apparently is 16 cents cheaper this year).
Last year during the July 4 weekend there were 89 people shot in Chicago.
More pets go missing July 4-5 than any other time of the year, according to the American Kennel Club.
Fireworks have been a major part of Fourth of July since the earliest celebrations. In 1884, miners blew up the post office in Swan, Colorado, because it wasn't supplied with fireworks.
404.5 million pounds of fireworks were set off in 2020.
According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 10,000 people were injured badly enough in fireworks accidents to require emergency treatment in 2019. 12 People died that same year.
Benjamin Franklin proposed the turkey as the national bird but was overruled by John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who recommended the bald eagle.
It was on July 4, 1884, that the Statue of Liberty was presented by France to the U.S. ambassador to France, Levi Morton, according to the National Constitution Center.
American supercentenarian Gertrude Weaver was born on July 4 1898. She would die in 2015.
The Republic of Hawaii existed from July 4, 1894, to August 12, 1898.
The Philippine–American War ended on July 4, 1903.
American businessman Hiram Walker who founded Canadian Club whisky, was born on July 4, 1816.
On July 4, 1939, shortly after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (which is now better known as Lou Gehrig's Disease), baseball great Lou Gehrig announced his retirement to a sold-out crowd at Yankee Stadium, famously calling himself, "the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
Big hair painter/artist Bob Ross, died of lymphoma on July 4, 1995.
Hotmail went live on July 4th in 1996.
Four out of 46 presidents—or 9 percent—have been assassinated, making the commander-in-chief statistically the most deadly occupation in America.
The Great Lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) make up 21 percent of the planet's surface fresh water. The largest of these, Lake Superior, contains enough water to cover all of North and South America up to a foot.
The Hoover Dam is greater in volume than the Great Pyramid of Giza. It holds enough concrete to construct a two-lane highway from San Francisco to New York City.
The U.S. Postal Service issues a new personal ZIP code for each new president.
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What is an American? (from What is an American? By Charles Dana Burrage 1920)
An American is a religious Voltaire; and his religion is expressed in Voltaire's words to an opponent: "I disagree absolutely with what you say, but I would die for your right to say it."
Joseph Edgar Chamberlin
A man who,—while born and living in America and intent above all things else upon maintaining America as the best place in the world to live in,—sees that we must be just and generous to all the world, this proving what we showed on our entrance into the war, that America's greatest glory will be its vision of a new and a better world, and who acts accordingly.
Charles R. Lanman.
An American is one who, if need be, would give everything he has, for the sake of ordered liberty as conceived by Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt.
Henry Harmon Chamberlin.
An American is at once the servant and the savior of the World.
W. B. Scofield.
Any man born in United States.
A. Obelitz—A guest, born in Denmark.
One that believes in liberty of Government of the people, with equal rights for all.
C. T. Grinnell.
A citizen of the United States who believes in and is at all times prepared to support the principles and ideals of its government as set forth in the Constitution.
Montgomery Reed.
He who considers the best interests of the U. S. before all else.
Louis N. Wilson.
A man who is friendly, unselfish, democratic, and absolutely just; who is willing to recognize in all men an equal right to think for themselves and to work together for the common good.
Nathan Haskell Dole.
A worshipper of the All Mighty Dollar.
Albert W. Ellis.
An American is one who holds America as his country above everything else.
William E. Story.
An American is anyone whose heart and soul are consecrated in devout allegiance to the welfare and traditions of the United States of America!
H. H. R. Thompson.
A man who lives in America and puts America first.
Eben F. Thompson.
One that is absolutely loyal to our glorious Country.
W. W. Johnson.
One born or adopted in the United States who believes, and who lives the belief that all men are born free and equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Edwin S. Crandon.
An American citizen who loves his country and is obedient to her laws.
Edward Palmer Hatch.
See Capitalism in America - 100 Books on DVDrom (Captains of Industry)
An American is a religious Voltaire; and his religion is expressed in Voltaire's words to an opponent: "I disagree absolutely with what you say, but I would die for your right to say it."
Joseph Edgar Chamberlin
A man who,—while born and living in America and intent above all things else upon maintaining America as the best place in the world to live in,—sees that we must be just and generous to all the world, this proving what we showed on our entrance into the war, that America's greatest glory will be its vision of a new and a better world, and who acts accordingly.
Charles R. Lanman.
An American is one who, if need be, would give everything he has, for the sake of ordered liberty as conceived by Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt.
Henry Harmon Chamberlin.
An American is at once the servant and the savior of the World.
W. B. Scofield.
Any man born in United States.
A. Obelitz—A guest, born in Denmark.
One that believes in liberty of Government of the people, with equal rights for all.
C. T. Grinnell.
A citizen of the United States who believes in and is at all times prepared to support the principles and ideals of its government as set forth in the Constitution.
Montgomery Reed.
He who considers the best interests of the U. S. before all else.
Louis N. Wilson.
A man who is friendly, unselfish, democratic, and absolutely just; who is willing to recognize in all men an equal right to think for themselves and to work together for the common good.
Nathan Haskell Dole.
A worshipper of the All Mighty Dollar.
Albert W. Ellis.
An American is one who holds America as his country above everything else.
William E. Story.
An American is anyone whose heart and soul are consecrated in devout allegiance to the welfare and traditions of the United States of America!
H. H. R. Thompson.
A man who lives in America and puts America first.
Eben F. Thompson.
One that is absolutely loyal to our glorious Country.
W. W. Johnson.
One born or adopted in the United States who believes, and who lives the belief that all men are born free and equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among which are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Edwin S. Crandon.
An American citizen who loves his country and is obedient to her laws.
Edward Palmer Hatch.
See Capitalism in America - 100 Books on DVDrom (Captains of Industry)
https://thebookshelf2015.blogspot.com/2015/09/who-really-discovered-america-90-books.html
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