U.S. CITIES
ANNUAL EVENTS
JULY
4th
"HOT"
100

Titusville is considered the gateway to this Florida space center at Cape Canaveral

the Kennedy Space Center

100

The Florida Folk Festival is held at the Stephen Foster State Folk Culture Center way down upon this river

the Suwanee

100

This ancient Roman for whom the month is named was born in July

Julius Caesar

100

1983's "Billie Jean" was his 4th solo No. 1 hit

Michael Jackson

100

Malcolm Forbes was the 1st person to fly the U.S. coast-to-coast in one of these

a hot air balloon

200

It's the only Michigan city whose population exceeds 1 million

Detroit

200

Oologah & Claremore, Ok. honor this humorist's birth with a Pony Express ride on November 4

Will Rogers

200

Honoring those killed in 1830's July Revolution, the Column of July stands on the site of this French prison

the Bastille

200

When it held its 1904 exhibition, this Missouri city was the USA's 4th largest

St. Louis

200

It was Major Houlihan's nickname on "M*A*S*H"

Hot Lips

300

The Freedom Trail winds 1 1/2 miles through the downtown & North End sections of this city

Boston

300

A month-long May celebration of this sporting event includes a Mechanics Recognition Party

the Indianapolis 500

300

This flower, a symbol of July, belongs to the family Nymphaeaceae & was often painted by Monet

the water lily

300

No joke, it's the 4th-largest bone in the skeleton of an average adult male

the humerus

300

A nursery rhyme says, "If you have no daughters, give them to your sons"

hot cross buns

400

Dating from 1741, this S. Carolina port's Middleton Place Gardens are the USA's oldest landscaped gardens

Charleston

400

On this holiday in 1929, Al Capone's gang killed several members of Bugs Moran's gang

Valentine's Day

400

It wasn't "small potatoes" when this became our 43rd state July 3, 1890

Idaho

400

In 1992 Andre Marrou came in 4th in this election with 291,612 votes

the election for the presidency of the United States

400

It's Richard Preston's nonfiction bestseller about an outbreak of a deadly African virus

The Hot Zone

500

A Texas city was named for this Kansas city, the boyhood home of Dwight D. Eisenhower

Abilene

500

This state has winter festivals in several communities, including Hanover & Franconia

New Hampshire

500

Richard Nixon made "the most historic telephone call ever made" to this place July 20, 1969

the moon

500

In terms of area, it's the 4th largest of the 5 Great Lakes

Lake Erie

500

The Rough Riders adopted this musical standard as their anthem

"A Hot Time In The Old Town"

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