July 4th Facts

Only four holidays on the calendar are fixed to dates, Halloween, Christmas New Years, and July 4th
A copy of the Declaration of Independence appeared in the July 6th edition of the Pennsylvania Evening Post.
John Hancock and Charles Thompson were the only two people to sign the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. The majority of the signatures were added on August 2nd. The last signature was added 5 years later.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe all died on July 4th.
In 2003 over 70 Million Americans attended a bar-b-que on July 4th, and over 35 million will attended a picnic.
July is national hot dog month. Every July 4th Nathan's holds a hot dog eating contest in Coney Island New York. In 2003 Takeru Kobayashi ate 44 and ? hot dogs in 12 minutes to win the contest.
July 4th wasn't declared a national holiday until 1941.
The Iron Horse Lou Gehrig retired from the New York Yankees and gave his famous 'I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth' speech to over 61,000 fans in Yankee Stadium. His uniform number 4 is the first to be officially retired.

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